| MARYWEBB | English writer whose novel Gone to Earth was filmed in 1950 (4,4) |
| MARGARETDRABBLE | English author whose novel The Dark Flood Rises was published in 2016 (8,7) |
| BARRY | English author whose novel A Kestrel for a Knave was adapted for Ken Loach's film Kes (5,5) |
| HINES | English author whose novel A Kestrel for a Knave was adapted for Ken Loach's film Kes (5,5) |
| STTHOMAS | Cricket - -; village near Chard in Somerset where the television series To the Manor Born was filmed in the fictional Grantleigh Manor (2,6) |
| SARASOTA | Florida city where the "The Greatest Show on Earth" was once headquartered |
| MEGAFLOP | 2000's Battlefield Earth was a horrid, infamous Travolta/L. Ron Hubbard ________. |
| SCARLETT | ___ O'Hara, Southern belle in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind |
| MITCHELL | Margaret _, author of the 1936 novel Gone With The Wind (8) |
| MARGARET | She wrote the blockbuster American Civil War novel, Gone With The Wind; ... Mitchell |
| MCEWAN | Ian ---, English writer whose novels include Amsterdam and Atonement (6) |
| ORWELL | George ___, English writer whose novels include 1984 and Animal Farm (6) |
| THOMASHARDY | English writer whose novels included Far From The Madding Crowd (1874) |
| DICKENS | English writer whose novels criticised social injustice (7) |
| BALLARD | J G _, English writer whose novels include Empire of the Sun and High-Rise (7) |
| JOANNATROLLOPE | English writer whose novels include A Village Affair and The Rector's Wife (6.8) |
| THEROUX | Paul _: travel writer whose novel The Mosquito Coast was made into a film (7) |
| KUSHNER | Rachel _, US writer whose novel Creation Lake was shortlisted for the 2024 Booker Prize (7) |
| MAUGHAM | English writer whose first novel was Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897 (7) |
| JOHNSON | Samuel, English writer whose A Dictionary Of The English Language was published in 1755 (7) |
