| THORPE | Former Liberal leader; bit of an author, perhaps |
| WRITER | One who corresponds with an author perhaps |
| GEORGECARMAN | QC who successfully defended former Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe in 1979 |
| PIRANDELLO | Author of the play Six Characters in Search of an Author (10) |
| EDIT | Anger an egotistic author, perhaps |
| CANON | List of works including chapter by prolific author, perhaps |
| ORWELL | Pen name of an author who describes his experiences of "healthy, outdoor work" as a hop-picker in his diaries, an essay and in his second novel, A Clergyman's Daughter (6) |
| IAN | Forename of an author of 17 novels, including one, on the theme of atonement, that was adapted into a movie starring Keira Knightley (3) |
| MEADE | Honey-wine-like name of an author of children's stories including A World of Girls and Wild Kitty (5) |
| AUCTORIAL | Of, by or typical of an author (9) |
| CORPUS | Collection of all the written works of an author |
| OEUVRE | The body of work of an author, composer or painter (6) |
| PUBLISHED | Author perhaps reported? (9) |
| REACTOR | Moving chapter along, author perhaps makes a pile (7) |
| APPOINT | Name author perhaps starts to use (7) |
| ETAL | Abbr. after the third co-author, perhaps |
| RUTHRENDELL | Author perhaps writing strangely under the lines (4,7) |
| CHAUCER | English author perhaps best known for "The Canterbury Tales" |
| ESSAYIST | Writer, perhaps, in Sun - one penetrating heart of Fleet Street (8) |
| PRESENTS | Awards writer, perhaps, with rest at start of September |
