| EVERLY | Either co-writer of the song "Cathy's Clown" |
| REY | Either co-author of Curious George books |
| EVERLYBROTHERS | US country rock pioneers noted for their song Cathy's Clown (6,8) |
| STEVENSPIELBERG | Director and co-writer of the 2023 coming-of-age drama film The Fabelmans (6,9) |
| BUCKHENRY | American actor, screenwriter and director who received Oscar nominations as co-writer of The Graduate and co-director of Heave Can Wait (4,5) |
| TORME | Co-writer of "The Christmas Song" |
| JOHNLENNON | Co-writer of the classic song "Imagine" |
| LUCAS | Creator and co-writer of the Indiana Jones series of adventure films directed by Steven Spielberg (5) |
| DALI | Co-writer of the Surrealist silent film "Un Chien Andalou," 1929 |
| MEARA | Co-writer of "The Other Woman": 1983 |
| DALAILAMA | With Desmond Tutu, co-author of the 2016 best seller "The Book of Joy" |
| GREGMORTENSON | Co-author of the 2006 best-seller "Three Cups of Tea" |
| STRUNK | White's co-author of "The Elements of Style" |
| ARIELDURANT | Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and co-author of "The Story of Civilization" |
| NESS | Co-author of the 1957 memoir "The Untouchables" |
| GUEST | Christopher, director and co-writer of the 2003 film A Mighty Wind (5) |
| ELTON | Ben ____'s first TV success was as a co-writer of The Young Ones |
| MUIR | Frank -; co-writer of the BBC Radio comedy Take It from Here (4) |
| AMIEL | ___ Gladstone and Veda Hille (Canadian co-writers of the musical Onegin, a rockingly fresh adaptation of Alexander Pushkin's 19thcentury Russian story) |
| ARTHUR | Co-author of the screenplay for the 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, _ C. Clarke (6) |