| SELFWILL | English writer and novelist swaps halves, showing obstinacy (4,4) |
| RECALCITRANCE | Remembrance mostly about one with dream showing obstinacy (13) |
| LYON | City simply swaps halves (4) |
| BEERBOHM | Max, English writer and caricaturist, d. 1956 (8) |
| BRADBURY | Sir Malcolm ___, English author and academic whose first novel was Eating People is Wrong |
| FLETCHER | Giovanna, English author and presenter who won the 2020 series of I'm A Celebrity... (8) |
| TROLLOPE | Anthony ___, English author and civil servant who introduced the pillar box to mainland Britain in 1853 (8) |
| TENACITY | Obstinacy I can't yet break down (8) |
| DECISION | Obstinacy |
| FIRMNESS | Obstinacy |
| DOGLEASH | With canine obstinacy (8) |
| DOGGEDLY | With canine obstinacy (8) |
| WALTERDELAMARE | English poet, short story writer and novelist who won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize with 1921's Memoirs Of A Midget (6,2,2,4) |
| REPENT | Regret dealing with writer and novelist at the end (6) |
| SELF | Short story writer and novelist, Will _ (4) |
| AMOS | ___ Oz, Israeli writer and novelist born in 1939 (4) |
| CHEEVER | John ___, U.S. short story writer and novelist sometimes called 'the Chekhov of the suburbs' (7) |
| NIGELREES | English writer and broadcaster best known for devising and hosting the long-running Radio 4 panel game Quote... Unquote |
| RUDYARD | And 9 English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| COBBETT | William --. 1763-1835, English writer and social reformer (7) |
