| MONTAIGNE | French writer, a gent, I fancy, beyond my French? (9) |
| WITTGENSTEIN | Philosopher isn't 'wet' gent, I fancy |
| GENET | French author, a cat-like creature (5) |
| MONITOR | Terrible riot after my French? I was one at school (7) |
| MANICURED | The gent I restored to health fixed my hands and nails (9) |
| NATTERING | Gossiping gent, I rant when put out (9) |
| BLINDSPOT | It's beyond my understanding how those without vision notice it! (5,4) |
| TRAGEDIAN | Well-trained RADA gent, I? (9) |
| POETASTER | Sample provided by US writer, a writer of inferior verse (9) |
| APPENDAGE | Saw covering page by writer a secondary part (9) |
| MACADAMIA | Surfacing with the writer, a nut! (9) |
| LINKLATER | Eric the writer's a connection to follow (9) |
| LONDONZOO | England attraction where writer A.A. Milne's son Christopher Robin visited the popular from-canada-bear named Winnie: 2 wds. |
| WILDGOOSE | Sentimentality beginning to surface in Irish writer; a flighty type (4,5) |
| BEARDSLEY | Aubrey ---, 19th Century illustrator and author; a leading figure in the Aesthetic movement (9) |
| LERMONTOV | Russian author (A Hero of Our Time) |
| AUTOGRAPH | Handwriting of author, a GP, that's appalling |
| ARCHIBALD | First name of the author A. J. Cronin |
| PRIMOLEVI | Prudish Olive re-read author, a Holocaust survivor (5,4) |
| KEN | Beyond my ___: beyond my understanding or knowledge? (3) |
