| LYTTON | English writer Edward Bulwer___ |
| PEN | Enclosure such as a dry-stone sheepfold; female swan; or, a device mightier than the sword, according to writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton (3) |
| NONSENSE | Form of humorous or whimsical verse lacking coherent meaning, as pioneered by English writer Edward Lear (1812-88) |
| EUGENEARAM | English murderer celebrated in a ballad by Thomas Hood and a novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton |
| RIENZI | 1835 historical novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (6) |
| PELHAM | Prime minister from 1743-54; Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel; or, a type of bit (6) |
| SWORD | 'The pen is mightier than the ___' (Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Richelieu, 1839) (5) |
| KNEBWORTH | --- House, mansion in Hertfordshire, the former home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (9) |
| KNEBWORTHHOUSE | Tudor mansion in Hertfordshire, home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton (9,5) |
| POMPEII | The Last Days of ___, novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (7) |
| IONE | 1834: Novelist Edward Bulwer-lytton's heroine in The Last Days of Pompeii |
| VRIL | Edward Bulwer-Lytton's word for life force or energy in The Coming Race, that survives in the name of a brand of meat extract, used for beef tea (4) |
| LEAR | English painter and writer Edward ____, known for his nonsense poems (4) |
| HALE | Writer Edward Everett |
| MACAW | Colourful tropical popinjay, such as the blue "poet's parrot" named in honour of psittacus painter and nonsense-writer Edward Lear (5) |
| HOCH | Mystery author Edward D. ___ |
| GOREY | "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" author Edward |
| ALBEE | "Three Tall Women" author Edward |
| LEE | "Smoke and Pickles" cookbook author Edward |
| AVI | Pen name of the children's author Edward Irving Wortis |
