| LAMBDA | Essayist and daughter joining a Greek character (6) |
| ANUBIS | Egyptian god joining a Greek character for a second time |
| APPALACHIA | A quiet chum joining a Greek character at a US location |
| DRABBLE | Novelist and daughter joining the riff-raff(7) |
| DATUM | Daughter's joining a corporation in fact |
| DEMANDED | Insisted upon chap and daughter joining in act (8) |
| JOSEPH | Essayist and poet famous for his tragedy Cato and poem The Campaign (6,7) |
| ORWELL | Pseudonym of the 20th-century English novelist, essayist and critic Eric Arthur Blair (6,6) |
| GEORGE | Pseudonym of the 20th-century English novelist, essayist and critic Eric Arthur Blair (6,6) |
| STEELE | Essayist and editor said to plagiarise? (6) |
| PROUST | Marcel --, French novelist, essayist and critic (6) |
| BELLOC | Hilaire, French-born British poet, essayist and historian whose works include Cautionary Tales (6) |
| THOMAS | English essayist and critic best known for the autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium- Eater (1821) ( 6,2,7) |
| RUSKIN | John -, English essayist and reformer |
| ATWOOD | Canadian poet, essayist and author of The Blind Assassin, Margaret ... |
| HATED | Worried daughter joining hospital will get disliked (5) |
| DALLIANCE | Frivolous passing of time by daughter joining union (9) |
| BAND | Prohibit small daughter joining orchestra (4) |
| DINNERSET | Daughter joining most intimate group that may be got together for meal |
| DEAD | Daughter joining drug-hunting Feds? Exactly (4) |
