| ANWILSON | English columnist and author whose novel Winnie and Wolf was long-listed for the 2007 Man Booker Prize (1,1,6) |
| WATERHOUSE | Keith ___, newspaper columnist and author best known for his 1959 novel Billy Liar |
| GHOSE | Sagarika ___, Indian journalist, columnist and author |
| BENJAMINDISRAELI | Conservative prime minister and author whose novels include Coningsby and Sybil (8,8) |
| DISRAELI | Benjamin ___, prime minister and author whose novels include Coningsby and Sybil |
| HAPPYDAYS | 1961 stage play by Samuel Beckett whose characters are Winnie and Willie (5,4) |
| BEARS | Winnie and Paddington |
| CLOUD | And 4 2004 novel by David Mitchell short-listed for the Man Booker Prize (5,5) |
| ATLAS | 2004 novel by David Mitchell short-listed for the Man Booker Prize (5,5) |
| ILLYWHACKER | Second novel by Australian author Peter Carey, short-listed for the Booker Prize in 1985 (11) |
| ENRIGHT | Anne ___, author of 2007 Man Booker Prize-winning novel The Gathering (7) |
| CLOUDATLAS | 2004 novel by David Mitchell short-listed for the Man Booker Prize |
| JOHNHENRYDAYS | 2001 Colson Whitehead novel, about a historical festival, that was short-listed for the Pulitzer Prize: 3 wds. |
| TREES | "The ___" (dark Percival Everett satire short-listed for the Booker Prize in September, 2022) |
| THEVIEW | Indie rock band from Dundee whose debut album, Hats Off to the Buskers, was nominated for the 2007 Mercury Music Prize |
| SARTRE | Existentialist philosopher and author whose works include the novel Nausea and collection of stories The Wall (6) |
| BRIGGS | Best-selling illustrator and author whose works include When the Wind Blows and Ethel and Ernest (6) |
| BENNETT | Alan -; dramatist, actor and author whose plays include Forty Years On, The Madness of George III and The History Boys (7) |
| REDRIDINGHOOD | Fairytale character whose meeting with a wolf was recorded by the Brothers Grimm (3,6,4) |
| WALLSTREET | Financial heart of the USA blamed for the 2007 global financial crisis (4,6) |
