| ALFREDNOYES | English poet. short-story writer and playwright whose best-known poem is The Highwayman (6.5) |
| WALTERDELAMARE | English poet, short story writer and novelist best known for his poem The Listeners |
| RUSSELL | Willy -; playwright whose best-known works include Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine and Blood Brothers (7) |
| STEVIESMITH | 20th Century English poet and novelist whose best-known poem is Not Waving But Drowning (6,5) |
| BARNES | William ___ , Dorset poet whose best-known poem is Linden Lea (6) |
| JOSE | ___ Marti, one of whose poems is the basis for "Guantanamera" |
| GOGOL | 19th-century Russian novelist, short story writer and playwright of Ukrainian origin, Nikolai _ (5) |
| EDNA | -- O'Brien, Irish novelist, short-story writer and playwright (4) |
| JUVENILIA | One line I found in Roman poet - short early work |
| ROBERTBURNS | Scottish lyric poet whose best known poems include Auld Lang Syne and Tam o' Shanter |
| FANNYKEMBLE | 19th-century English stage actress and playwright whose works include Francis the First |
| BEHAN | Surname of the Irish author and playwright whose works include The Quare Fellow and Borstal Boy (5) |
| EECUMMINGS | American poet, painter, essayist, author and playwright whose poems include since feeling is first |
| BURNETT | Frances Hodgson ---, British-American author and playwright whose works include The Secret Garden (7) |
| EDGARALLAN | First two of a short-story writer and poet |
| POE | Edgar Allan ___, American short story writer and poet (3) |
| ANGELA | ___ Carter, novelist, short story writer and poet, d. 1992 (6) |
| CARVER | Raymond _, 20th-century American short story writer and poet (6) |
| ENID | --- Bagnold, British author and playwright best known for the 1935 story National Velvet (4) |
| MANSFIELD | Midland town of short story writer and misspelt humorist (9,9) |
