| ALEXANDREDUMAS | French author famous for The Three Musketeers, The Count Of Monte Cristo, etc. (9,5) |
| EPEES | Weapons for the Three Musketeers |
| EPEE | Prop for the Three Musketeers |
| RAPIERS | Weaponry for the three musketeers |
| THORNTONWILDER | American writer famous for The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town, etc. (8,6) |
| MILNE | Surname of the writer famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc. (5) |
| BADCHOLESTEROL | Nickname for the three-letter abbreviation hidden in this puzzle's theme entries |
| JULES | Author famous for Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, etc. (5,5) |
| VERNE | Author famous for Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, etc. (5,5) |
| TERESA | Spanish saint and author famous for her mystic visions and for works such as Book of the Foundations and The Interior Castle (6) |
| ANNA | 19th Century English writer famous for the novel Black Beauty (4,6) |
| SEWELL | 19th Century English writer famous for the novel Black Beauty (4,6) |
| RICHARD | Author famous for Doctor In The House, etc. (7,6) |
| GORDON | Author famous for Doctor In The House, etc. (7,6) |
| JOYCE | Surname of the Irish writer famous for Finnegan's Wake, Ulysses, etc. (5) |
| BARRIE | Surname of the writer famous for Peter Pan, etc. (6) |
| UPDIKE | John ---, American writer famous for his Rabbit series, chronicling the life of Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom (6) |
| ANDERSEN | Hans Christian _, 19thcentury Danish author famous for his fairy tales (8) |
| ELMORELEONARD | Author famous for his snappy crime thrillers such as Get Shorty and Rum Punch (6, 7) |
| MRSBEETON | Victorian English writer famous for her book of household management (3,6) |
