| RICHARD | Dublin-born writer who cofounded The Spectator magazine with Joseph Addison (7,6) |
| STEELE | Dublin-born writer who cofounded The Spectator magazine with Joseph Addison (7,6) |
| YEATS | William Butler ___ (1865 - 1939), Irish writer who cofounded the Abbey Theatre (5) |
| ADDISON | Joseph, essayist and dramatist born in 1672 who founded The Spectator magazine (7) |
| OSCAR | First name of the Dublin-born author who wrote about characters including Dorian Gray and Lady Windermere (5) |
| IRISMURDOCH | Dublin-born writer and philosopher |
| BOWEN | Elizabeth, Dublin-born author of The Death of the Heart (5) |
| STOKER | Which Dublin-born author is honoured by a plaque on his former home on Kildare Street? (6) |
| PRIVATEEYE | Closed a Spectator magazine |
| GEORGECLOONEY | "Up in the Air" star who cofounded the Casamigos tequila company: 2 wds. |
| DWAYNEJOHNSON | "Jungle Cruise" star who cofounded the Teremana tequila company: 2 wds. |
| KEITH | ***** Joseph, Conservative politician who cofounded the Centre for Policy Studies (5) |
| FERRELL | Comedian Will who cofounded the "Funny or Die" website |
| HILL | Social reformer who cofounded the National Trust (4) |
| GRAEME | Canadian author Mr. Gibson who cofounded The Writers' Trust of Canada in 1976 |
| IRA | NPR host Glass who cofounded the show This American Life |
| SHAW | Literature Nobelist who cofounded the London School of Economics |
| MOAT | John -, poet and novelist who cofounded the Arvon Foundation in 1968 (4) |
| COLERIDGE | 18th Century English poet, 1772-1834, who cofounded the Romantic movement in England (9) |
| JFK | President who cofounded the Peace Corps: Abbr. |
