| MEREDITH | George -, author of novels Beauchamp's Career and The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (8) |
| GISSING | George -, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn |
| ELIOT | George -, author of novels The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede |
| OLLIE | He has a crush on Connie Beauchamp's daughter in Casualty (5,4) |
| HIDE | He has a crush on Connie Beauchamp's daughter in Casualty (5,4) |
| FARQUHAR | George -, author of 1707 stage play The Beaux' Stratagem (8) |
| WAUGH | Evelyn ___, author of the novels The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold and Black Mischief (5) |
| RESEARCH | Find out about alternative careers and then start to hesitate (8) |
| TRIAL | The ordeal of a trail of destruction (5) |
| CHAPMAN | George -, author of 1596 stage drama The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (7) |
| ORWELL | George, author of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (6) |
| SAND | George, author of the novel Francois le Champi (4) |
| GROSSMITH | George, author with his brother Weedon of the novel The Diary of a Nobody (9) |
| UNDERWOOD | Carrie who tweeted on Friday: "Rest in peace, Tony...It was truly a great honor of my career and of my life to get to share the stage with you" |
| RATRACE | The daily ordeal of the rodent? (3,4) |
| TIRED | Restricted around end of career and ready to retire (5) |
| RUSHDIE | Take career and stop being an author |
| GOFORIT | Choose computer career and take the risk |
| RESUME | Summary of one's career and achievements (6) |
| MEETING | Winston Churchill declared, "I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of ... me is another matter" |
