| ALBEE | Edward, author of the play The Zoo Story (5) |
| EDWARDALBEE | Author of the absurdist play The Zoo Story: 2 wds. |
| SYNGE | J.M., author of the play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| ORTON | Joe --, author of the play 'The Ruffian On the Stair' (5) |
| FRAYN | Michael -; author of the plays The Two of Us and Noises Off and novels including The Tin Men, Sweet Dreams, Headlong and Spies (5) |
| BEHAN | Brendan, Irish author of the play The Quare Fellow (5) |
| SIMON | Neil, author of the play The Sunshine Boys (5) |
| ATHOL | Mr. Fugard, author of the play The Road to Mecca (5) |
| YEATS | W.B., author of the play The Countess Cathleen (5) |
| ANTON | Mr. Chekhov, author of the play The Seagull (5) |
| GOGOL | Nikolai, author of the play The Government Inspector (5) |
| GENET | Jean, author of the plays The Maids and The Balcony (5) |
| GORKY | Russian writer of the play The Lower Depths (5) |
| BOND | Edward, author of the 1965 play Saved (4) |
| BELLAMY
| Edward, author of the 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (7) |
| LEAR | Edward -; author of literary nonsense who wrote The Owl and the Pussy-Cat (4) |
| BELLAMY | Edward -, author of 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (7) |
| ONEACTER | "The Zoo Story" or "Riders to the Sea" |
| ACTI | All of Albee's "The Zoo Story," essentially |
| BURGOYNE | John --, British general in the American Revolutionary War, and author of the play 'The Maid of the Oaks' (8) |
