| VIDAL | Gore ?, US author of novels Julian and Creation (5) |
| BLUME | Judy ?, US author of novels Wifey, Blubber and Deenie (5) |
| TWAIN | Mark ?, US author of 1881 novel The Prince and the Pauper (5) |
| WOLFF | Tobias ?, US author of 1989 memoir This Boy's Life (5) |
| AMIEL | Jon ___, director of the films Sommersby and Creation (5) |
| ROGUE | You see that gore? He's the scoundrel responsible (5) |
| ROUGE | Uniform covered in awful gore? It's cosmetic (5) |
| OGRES | Shrek's family or possibly Gore's? (5) |
| HARTE | Bret ?, US writer whose volumes include 1870's The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Sketches |
| ZMUDA | Bob ?, US writer-comedian; founder in 1986 of charity organisation Comic Relief USA |
| FANNY | In Enid Blyton's Famous Five stories, who is aunt to Dick, Julian and Anne? (5) |
| LESLEYGOREVIDAL | Singer who recorded "You Don't Own Me" and author of novel "Julian" |
| HIAASEN | Carl ?, US author of the novels Lucky You and Sick Puppy (7) |
| BOWLES | Paul ?, US author of novels Let It Come Down and The Sheltering Sky |
| POST | Emily ?, US author of 1922 book Etiquette - The Blue Book of Social Usage |
| SINCLAIR | Upton ?, US author of 1906 novel The Jungle (8) |
| THOREAU | Henry David ?, US author of 1849 essay Civil Disobedience (7) |
| THAYER | Ernest ?, US author of 1888 poem Casey at the Bat |
| FINEARTS | Study and creation of visual work of art (4,4) |
| BEATGENERATION | Group of poets with half of Dante's inspiration and creation |
