| WELDON | Fay, English writer noted for her 1983 novel The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil (6) |
| RIPLEY | Fay, English actress who played Jenny in Cold Feet (6) |
| CHAKA | ____ Khan, singer noted for her 1983 song with Rufus, Ain't Nobody (5) |
| HILL | Susan -; author whose 1983 novel The Woman in Black was adapted into a 2012 film with Daniel Radcliffe (4) |
| BELLOC | French-born English writer noted for the poetry collections The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) (6) |
| STERNE | Laurence, author of the novel The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (6) |
| VIOLET | ____ Trefusis, English author noted for her affair with the writer Vita Sackville-West (6) |
| ISABEL | ___ Allende, writer noted for her debut novel The House Of The Spirits (6) |
| CARSON | ___ McCullers, U.S. writer noted for her 1940 novel The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (6) |
| JEROME | Jerome K., English writer noted for Three Men in a Boat (6) |
| FOSSEY | 20th Century American primatologist famous for her studies of gorilla groups, documented in her 1983 book Gorillas In The Mist (4,6) |
| FAYWELDON | Author of The Life and Loves of a She Devil (3,6) |
| PARKER | Dorothy ---, 20th-Century American writer noted for her humorous writing and wisecracks (6) |
| NESBIT | Edith, writer noted for her children's book The Railway Children (6) |
| ESTHER | ____ Freud, writer noted for her semi-autobiographical novel Hideous Kinky (6) |
| PATRICIAHODGE | ____ played Mary Fisher in The Life and Loves of a She-Devil |
| FAY | "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" author Weldon |
| HILAIRE | French-born English writer noted for the poetry collections The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) (7) |
| LOVES | "The Lives and ___ of a She-Devil" (Fay Weldon novel) |
| GAMP | Sarah ?, character in 1844 Charles Dickens novel The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit noted for her large umbrella |
