| LORDOF | Effin' Jeffrey Archer novel? (4,2,3,5) |
| THEFLIES | Effin' Jeffrey Archer novel? (4,2,3,5) |
| AMONG | 1993 Jeffrey Archer novel, Honour ... Thieves |
| ABEL | Kane and -; Jeffrey Archer novel (4) |
| KANE | "__ and Abel": Jeffrey Archer novel |
| EQUALS | First Among -, Jeffrey Archer novel (6) |
| FIRST | Jeffrey Archer novel, ... Among Equals (5) |
| WIN | Heads You ___, Jeffrey Archer novel (3) |
| APENNYMORENOT | Jeffrey Archer novel published in 1976 and the title of the 1990 television adaptation starring Ed A |
| AMONGEQUALS | With 1 Across, Jeffrey Archer novel (5,6) |
| FITOFDEPRESSION | Effin' doorstep is fouled by black dog |
| DOGFOOD | Make a difference with effin' chow chow? (3,4) |
| LOTTERY | Animal caught by insect with no effin' chance (7) |
| COVFEFE | Stupid effin' old man's twittering nonsense? (7) |
| LEE | Geddy who wrote "My Effin' Life" |
| SMH | "Can you effin' believe THIS?," initially |
| CHARACTER | Role to play in Archer novel (9) |
| ISNT | Balfour, no effin' joke, ain't Geordie royalty, according to Thatcher's 1 (6,4,7) |
| WORKING | Balfour, no effin' joke, ain't Geordie royalty, according to Thatcher's 1 (6,4,7) |
| LABOUR | Balfour, no effin' joke, ain't Geordie royalty, according to Thatcher's 1 (6,4,7) |
