| BROWNE | Hablot Knight ___, English painter noted for his illustrations for Dickens' novels under the pseudonym Phiz |
| LUISROYO | Spanish fantasy artist best known for his illustrations for magazines such as Heavy Metal and George R R Martin's 2014 novelette The Ice Dragon (4,4) |
| SPENCER | Sir Stanley _; English painter noted for his religious works (7) |
| STUBBS | George ___, English painter noted for his pictures of horses |
| BLAKE | Artist noted for his illustrations of Roald Dahl's characters including the BFG, the enormous crocodile, Muggle-Wump and the Twits (5) |
| ROBINSON | W Heath ___, English cartoonist noted for his illustrations of elaborate inventions (8) |
| TENNIEL | John, caricaturist noted for his illustrations in Lewis Carroll's "Alice" books (7) |
| DAYLEWIS | UK's Poet Laureate from 1968-72 who wrote the Nigel Strangeways novels under the pen name Nicholas Blake and also The Otterbury Incident for children (3-5) |
| ESCHER | Dutch artist noted for his illustrations of impossible constructions (6) |
| XANTHUS | -- Russell Smith, painter best known for his illustrations of the American Civil War (7) |
| FISCHER | Tibor ___, author of novels Under the Frog and The Collector Collector (7) |
| ROWLING | J. K. -; author who wrote the Cormoran Strike novels under the pen name Robert Galbraith (7) |
| RACKHAM | One of 12 siblings who became a skilful artist celebrated for his illustrations in classic children's books, including Grimm's Fairy Tales, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and The Wind in the Willows |
| ROPS | Felicien --, Belgian artist renowned for his illustrations of the works of Baudelaire |
| CECIL | British Poet Laureate who wrote mystery novels under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake, ... Day-Lewis |
| STACEY | Politician Abrams who writes romance novels under the pen name Selena Montgomery |
| DEWY | Dick, character in the Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree (4) |
| HAT | Haddon Sundblom's illustrations for Coke ads in the 30s cemented our image of Santa Claus in red and white from his suit to the ... on his head |
| ROCKWELL | Norman ........, US artist known for his cover illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post (8) |
| LOWRY | L.S. ---, English painter noted for his bleak industrial scenes (5) |
