| DODIE | English novelist and playwright; author of The Hundred And One Dalmatians (1956) |
| SMITH | English novelist and playwright; author of The Hundred And One Dalmatians (1956) |
| ENID | --- Bagnold, novelist and playwright, author of National Velvet (4) |
| DODIESMITH | Author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) |
| CRUELLA | ___ de Vil, scourge of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) |
| PONGO | In literature, the nickname of Reginald Twistleton in the Wodehousian Uncle Fred stories; or, the main male Dalmatian in The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5) |
| GALSWORTHY | John _, English novelist and playwright who wrote The Forsyte Saga and its sequels (10) |
| ORTON | Which English playwright, author of Entertaining Mr Sloane (1963) and Loot (1964), died tragically at the hands of his jealous lover? (5) |
| BRECHT | German playwright, author of Mother Courage and Her Children, d. 1956 (6) |
| PERDITA | Character who has a litter of puppies with Prince in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) |
| DEVIL | Cruella --; character in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, portrayed by Glenn |
| CRUELLADEVIL | Villainous heiress in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7,2,3) |
| SUETOWNSEND | English novelist and playwright best known for creating Adrian Mole |
| PRIESTLEY | J.B. _, English novelist and playwright who wrote An Inspector Calls (1945) |
| BLEASDALE | Alan ?, playwright; author of Channel 4 series GBH and Jake's Progress |
| ROSTAND | Edmond ?, French playwright; author of 1897 verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (7) |
| MOLIERE | 17th Century French playwright, author of sophisticated comedies (7) |
| FTSE | Operator of the 100 and 250 share indices (inits)(4) |
| IBSEN | Norwegian playwright, author of Peer Gynt (5) |
| ORWELL | George, English novelist and essayist who coined the terms Big Brother and doublethink (6) |
