| MCNEILE | H C -, author whose novels, including Mufti and Ronald Standish, were published under the name Sapper (7) |
| THAIFOOD | Specialty of Soothr and Sappe in NYC |
| EVANS | What was the real surname of novelist Mary Anne, who was published under the name of George Eliot? (5) |
| VET | Short word for an animal doctor/surgeon such as Alf Wight, whose humorous memoirs are published under the name James Herriot (3) |
| WELLS | H. G. -; author whose novels including The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds have been adapted into films (5) |
| JAMES | Author whose novels including The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove have been adapted into films, stage plays and television dramas (5) |
| AUSTEN | Jane -; author whose novels including Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Emma have been adapted to screen (6) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond -; author whose novels including The Big Sleep and The High Window feature private eye Philip Marlowe (8) |
| WESLEY | Author from Devon whose novels including Jumping the Queue, The Camomile Lawn and Harnessing Peacocks were adapted to screen (6) |
| MCEWAN | Ian -; author whose novels including The Comfort of Strangers, Atonement and On Chesil Beach have been adapted into films (6) |
| SHERRIFF | R. C. -; author of the novel The Fortnight in September and the play Journey's End who also co-wrote the script for the 1939 film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (8) |
| VINE | Pen name under which Ruth Rendell's mysteries including The House of Stairs, King Solomon's Carpet and The Birthday Present were published (4) |
| ANNEBRONTE | 19th-century English author whose two novels were originally published under the pseudonym Acton Bell (4,6) |
| LEE | Author of Cider with Rosie whose once unseen essays were published posthumously in the book Village Christmas and Other Notes on the English Year (3) |
| HERBERT | George ---, Welsh-born poet and Anglican priest whose works were published in the 1633 collection The Temple (7) |
| CLARKE | Arthur C -, author of science fiction novels The Sands of Mars and Prelude to Space (6) |
| PURCELL | Appointed Westminster Abbey's organist at the age of 20, composer of Dido and Aeneas whose songs were published posthumously in the collection Orpheus Britannicus (7) |
| KENNEDY | In 1938, Churchill's speeches were published in the US as While England Slept. Whose 1939 thesis and 1949 book had the same title? (4,1,7) |
| JOHNF | In 1938, Churchill's speeches were published in the US as While England Slept. Whose 1939 thesis and 1949 book had the same title? (4,1,7) |
| STIEGLARSSON | Best-selling Swedish author whose 'Millennium Trilogy' novels were published after his death in 2004 (5,7) |
