| THOMASMANN | German novelist whose works include the novella Death in Venice |
| JEANPAUL | German novelist, whose works include Hesperus (4,4) |
| JOSEPHCONRAD | Polish-British writer whose works include the novella Heart Of Darkness (6,6) |
| CONRAD | Joseph ---, Polish-British writer whose works include the novella Heart Of Darkness (6) |
| COLETTE | French writer whose works include the novella Gigi (7) |
| MANN | Thomas ___, German novelist and Nobel Laureate; Death in Venice (1912) |
| OLDMAID | "The ... ...", novella by Edith Wharton originally serialized in The Red Book Magazine in 1922 (3,4) |
| PLANOTOV | Andrey, author of the novel The Foundation Pit and the novella Soul (8) |
| DIRKBOGARDE | English actor and novelist whose films include Doctor in the House and Death in Venice |
| TRUMANCAPOTE | Author of the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's and the 'nonfiction novel' In Cold Blood |
| HILTON | Author of the novella that inspired the 1939 movie about the recollections of Mr. Chipping, a beloved school teacher (last name only) (6) |
| BOLL | Heinrich, German novelist who won the 1972 Nobel Prize in Literature (4) |
| HEINRICHBOLL | German novelist, awarded the Nobel prize for literature in 1972 |
| HEARTH | The Cricket on the -; novella preceded by A Christmas Carol (6) |
| LOVECRAFT | HP, American author of the novella At the Mountains of Madness (9) |
| VISCONTI | Luchino -; director whose films include Obsession, The Leopard and Death in Venice (8) |
| MAHLER | Composer of the soundtrack used in the 1971 film Death in Venice (6) |
| MERIMEE | French author of the novella Carmen on which the famous opera is based, Prosper ___ (b.1803 - d.1870 |
| SNOWGOOSE | The - -; novella by Paul Gallico, author of books including Thomasina and The Poseidon Adventure (4,5) |
| HYDE | Mr Edward, alter ego of Dr Henry Jekyll in the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson (4) |
