| FIELDING | Henry, English author noted for the novel Tom Jones (8) |
| WILLIAMSON | Henry, English author who wrote Tarka the Otter (10) |
| ALLWORTHY | Philanthropist in Fielding's novel Tom Jones (9) |
| KINSELLA | Sophie, English author noted for her Shopaholic series (8) |
| READE | Charles, author noted for the historical novel The Cloister And The Hearth (5) |
| DEARY | Terry, British children's author noted for the Horrible Histories series (5) |
| AMIS | Kingsley, English author noted for his novel Lucky Jim published in 1954 (4) |
| VIOLET | ____ Trefusis, English author noted for her affair with the writer Vita Sackville-West (6) |
| FLASHMAN | Character in the novel 'Tom Brown's School Days' by Thomas Hughes (8) |
| ROBINSON | Marilynne, winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Gilead (8) |
| MORDECAI | ____ Richler, writer noted for the Jacob Two-Two fantasy series for children (8) |
| LANDSEER | Sir Edwin Henry, English painter noted for his studies of animals (8) |
| REMARQUE | Erich Maria ___, German author best known for the novel All Quiet on the Western Front |
| BELLOC | French-born English writer noted for the poetry collections The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) (6) |
| HILAIRE | French-born English writer noted for the poetry collections The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896) and Cautionary Tales for Children (1907) (7) |
| SHRAPNEL | Henry, English officer and inventor of a form of artillery case shot (8) |
| GEORGEARTHUR | Room-mate of Tom Brown in the novel Tom Brown's Schooldays (6,6) |
| THOMASHUGHES | Author of the novel Tom Brown's Schooldays (6,6) |
| WELDON | Fay, English writer noted for her 1983 novel The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil (6) |
| ENID | ____ Bagnold, English writer noted for her novel National Velvet (4) |