| CHARLES | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (7) |
| READE | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (5) |
| HEARTH | The Cloister And The ____, 1861 historical novel by Charles Reade (6) |
| UMBERTO | _ Eco, author of the 1980 historical novel The Name of the Rose (7) |
| PUSHKIN | Alexander --, author of the historical novel 'The Captain's Daughter' (7) |
| HEBATES | English writer best known for The Darling Buds of May |
| HGWELLS | Prolific English writer best known for his science-fiction novels (1,1,5) |
| RENAULT | Mary ?, author of historical novels The Mask of Apollo and The King Must Die |
| POMPEII | Edwin Bulwer-Lytton historical novel, The Last Days Of ... |
| ANTHONYTROLLOPE | 19th-century English author best known for the novels of the Barsetshire and Palliser series (7,8) |
| RUTHRENDELL | English author best known for the 24-novel Inspector Wexford series, published from 1964 to 2013 (4,7) |
| BLACKMORE | R. D. ___, English author best known for the 1869 romantic novel Lorna Doone (9) |
| NICHOLAS | English author best known for his 1995 debut novel The Horse Whisperer (8,5) |
| EVANS | English author best known for his 1995 debut novel The Horse Whisperer (8,5) |
| MARKTWAIN | Pseudonym of the US author of the 1881 historical novel The Prince and the Pauper (4,5) |
| WALTERDELAMARE | English author best known for his poem The Listeners (62.2.4) |
| IZAAKWALTON | English writer best known as the author of The Compleat Angler |
| EMDELAFIELD | English author best known for her Diary of a Provincial Lady (1,1,9) |
| ANTHONYBUCKERIDGE | English author, best known for his Jennings series of children's books |
| STELLAGIBBONS | English writer best known for the novel Cold Comfort Farm |
