| MUIR | Frank ___, English humorist whose only novel was The Walpole Orange (4) |
| CHEKHOV | Vaunted Russian writer whose only novel was The Shooting Party (7) |
| WILDE | Writer whose only novel was The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| LEAR | Edward, 19th Century English humorist whose nonsense songs include The Jumblies (4) |
| IAIN | And 33 Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (4,5) |
| MARGARET | And 27 US author whose only novel was 1936's Gone with the Wind (8,8) |
| BRONTE | Emily, English author born in 1818 whose only novel was Wuthering Heights (6) |
| EDNA | _ O'brien, Irish writer whose first novel was The Country Girls (1960) |
| GRAY | Dorian -; principal character in Oscar Wilde's only novel (4) |
| FRANKMUIR | Author of 1993 novel The Walpole Orange and 1997 autobiography A Kentish Lad (5,4) |
| GONE | Start of Mitchell's only novel |
| EDWARDLEAR | 19th-century English humorist whose nonsense songs include The Jumblies (6,4) |
| SYLVIAPLATH | US poet (1932-1963) whose only novel, The Bell Jar, was published in 1963 under the pen name Victoria Lucas (6,5) |
| ANNASEWELL | Author whose only novel is one of the first to be written from the perspective of a non-human character |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish writer whose only novel is The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| SALINGER | Author whose only published novel was "The Catcher in the Rye" (8) |
| BANKS | Scottish author whose first novel was The Wasp Factory (4,5) |
| HEYER | Georgette ___, English author whose first novel was The Black Moth (5) |
| WHITTLE | Frank ___, English inventor of the jet engine for aircraft (7) |
| HORNBY | Frank ___, English businessman who founded the Meccano toy company (6) |
