| MAUGHAM | English writer whose first novel was Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897 (7) |
| GIBBONS | Stella _, 20th-century English writer whose first novel was Cold Comfort Farm (1932) |
| STELLAGIBBONS | English writer whose first novel was Cold Comfort Farm (1932) |
| KOSHY | Host Liza of "Dancing With Myself" and the "Double Dare" reboot |
| SNYDER | Liza of "Man with a Plan" |
| JOHNSON | Samuel, English writer whose A Dictionary Of The English Language was published in 1755 (7) |
| RENDELL | Ruth, crime writer whose first published novel was From Doon with Death in 1964 (7) |
| DRACULA | Novel first published in 1897 (7) |
| FARJEON | English writer whose bestloved poems include Cats and A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring), otherwise known as Morning has Broken (7,7) |
| ELEANOR | English writer whose bestloved poems include Cats and A Morning Song (For the First Day of Spring), otherwise known as Morning has Broken (7,7) |
| BENNETT | Arnold ---, English writer whose works include the novel Anna Of The Five Towns (7) |
| ELLISON | Author whose first novel, "Invisible Man," won the 1953 National Book Award |
| ESSAYER | One trying English writer, whose ending comes first (7) |
| DICKENS | English writer whose books include One Pair of Hands (6,7) |
| BALLARD | J G _, English writer whose novels include Empire of the Sun and High-Rise (7) |
| CLAPHAM | District of south London lying mostly within the Borough of Lambeth (7) |
| KIPLING | Writer whose first name Cockney finds exceedingly difficult to pronounce (7) |
| CHATHAM | District in the London Borough of Lambeth (7) |
| BRIXTON | District in London borough of Lambeth (7) |
| AAMILNE | English writer whose works include When We Were Very Young (1,1,5) |