| EMILEZOLA | French author whose novels include a set of 20 collectively known as Les Rougon-Macquart |
| KUNDERA | Czech-born French author whose novels include 1984's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (5,7) |
| EMFORSTER | Whose novels include A Room with a View and A Passage to India? (1,1,7) |
| NAIPAUL | Nobel laureate from Trinidad whose novels include A House for Mr Biswas and The Enigma of Arrival (7) |
| JULESVERNE | French author whose novels include Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty |
| WILLIAMBOYD | Scottish writer whose novels include A Good Man In Africa (1981) |
| MILAN | And 11 Across Czech-born French author whose novels include 1984's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (5,7) |
| ZOLA | Emile -; French author of the cycle of 20 novels collectively entitled Les Rougon-Macquart (4) |
| NANA | 1880 novel by Emile Zola, the ninth instalment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series |
| SCORE | An incised line; a notch in a tally; a set of 20; or, a historical account of charges in a tavern |
| GERMINAL | The thirteenth novel in Emile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart, often considered his masterpiece |
| POULENC | Francis ---, French composer and member of a group of young composers known as Les Six (7) |
| TAILLEFERRE | Germaine --, a member of the group of composers known as Les Six (11) |
| AURIC | Member of the group of French composers known as 'Les Six' (5) |
| CLUB | An association or society of members also collectively known as a cabal, chapter, circle, clique or coterie; or, a playing card marked with a black clover/trefoil pip |
| RAJQUARTER | A series of novels by Paul Scott starting with The Jewel in the Crown was collectively known as ___. |
| MILKTOOTH | One of a set of 20 children have for starters (4,5) |
| RUNES | Set of 24 ancient symbols collectively known as The Elder Futhark |
| GREENPLOVER | Bird collectively known as a desert or a deceit (5,6) |
| QUENEAU | Raymond, French writer whose novels include Zazie Dans Le Metro (7) |
