| HESTERLYNCHTHRALE | English writer, author of Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) |
| EDITHNESBIT | English writer, author of The Railway Children (5,6) |
| SIR | English writer, author of Le Morte D'arthur (3,6,6) |
| THOMAS | English writer, author of Le Morte D'arthur (3,6,6) |
| MALORY | English writer, author of Le Morte D'arthur (3,6,6) |
| YARNS | Anecdotes of fish turnover not extreme from leading skipper (5) |
| URBANMYTH | Apocryphal anecdote of modern life (5,4) |
| JOHNWYNDHAM | 20th Century British science-fiction writer, author of The Day Of The Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos (4,7) |
| EHRENBURG | Ilya, Soviet writer, author of the novel The Thaw (9) |
| SALINGER | JD _, American writer, author of The Catcher In The Rye (1951) |
| PLINY | ___ the Elder, Roman writer; author of the encyclopaedic Natural History (5) |
| GATISS | Mark ___, actor-writer; author of 2004 novel The Vesuvius Club (6) |
| ALICEWALKER | US activist and writer, author of acclaimed The Color Purple (5,6) |
| MARKGATISS | Actor-writer; author of 2004 novel The Vesuvius Club (4,6) |
| AMBROSEBIERCE | US journalist and short story writer, author of The Devil's Dictionary |
| MENANDER | Comedic Greek writer, author of Dyskolos (The Grouch) |
| HAMMETT | Dashiell ___ (1894-1961), crime writer, author of The Maltese Falcon (1930) (7) |
| TIMDEE | UK nature writer, author of The Running Sky (3, 3) |
| MCCARTHY | Michael ___, environment writer, author of Say Goodbye To The Cuckoo (8) |
| GOTLIEB | Phyllis, Canadian science fiction writer, author of Sunburst (7) |
