| GKCHESTERTON | English writer of The Man Who Was Thursday (1,1,10) |
| CHESTERTON | "The Man Who Was Thursday" author |
| GREENE | Graham ___, English writer of The Third Man (6) |
| ORWELL | English writer of the 1934 novel Burmese Days (6) |
| SNOW | Ennobled English writer of the Strangers and Brothers novel series (4) |
| REUELTOLKIEN | John Ronald ___ English author of the fantasy work The Lord of the Rings: 2 wds. |
| DOUGLASADAMS | English author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy (7,5) |
| RICHARDADAMS | English author of the 1972 novel Watership Down (7,5) |
| CYRENE | Home town of the man who was forced to bear Christ's cross (6) |
| SORELOSER | Tradition, bandmaster, adjured Spooner of the man who was ungracious in defeat (4,5) |
| PILATE | Pontius ---, the man who was the judge at the trial of Jesus and ordered his crucifixion (6) |
| GINGERBREAD | The man who was hard to catch? Well that was his story! (11) |
| MICHAELSTIPE | R.E.M. front man who was raised in a military family: 2 wds. |
| GIONO | French novelist 1895-1970, author of The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean ___ (5) |
| TEVIS | Author of "The Man Who Fell to Earth" |
| OSMAN | Richard ___, TV presenter and author of The Man Who Died Twice (5) |
| THURSDAY | The Man Who Was - (G. K. Chesterton) |
| DESAI | Author of the Man Booker Prizewinning The Inheritance of Loss (5) |
| ERDOS | Mathematician who was the subject of "The Man Who Loved Only Numbers" |
| EBB | 1856: Monogram of the English writer of Aurora Leigh |