| MANTEL | Hilary, English author whose The Mirror & The Light concluded her Thomas Cromwell trilogy (6) |
| WOLFHALL | The first novel in Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy (4,4) |
| PORTER | Richard Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (4,6) |
| LESSER | The Lady Mary in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| DAMIAN | Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (6,5) |
| OCASEY | Lady Margaret Douglas in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| FULLER | Author whose The Worthies of England describes the counties and their native commodities including the silver of Devon, cherries of Kent and the pearls of Cumberland (6) |
| HOWARD | Author whose The Cazalet Chronicles were serialised and formed part of a reading list prepared by the Duchess of Cornwall (6) |
| AMBLER | British author whose novels include The Mask of Dimitrios and The Light of Day |
| RUNCIE | Author whose The Grantchester Mysteries were inspired by his father, the late Archbishop of Canterbury 1980-91 (6) |
| NORTON | Mary -; author whose The Borrowers books were adapted into a television series with Ian Holm and Penelope Wilton (6) |
| LILIT | The Lady Mary in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| OBRIEN | Irish author whose novels include The Country Girls, August Is a Wicked Month and The Light of Evening (1'5) |
| MIRROR | Recent drama with Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall: The _ and the Light (6) |
| LEWIS | Henry VIII in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (6,5) |
| MOTHERSDALE | Richard Riche in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (3,11) |
| HALL | Wolf _: The Mirror And The Light, 2024 drama with Mark Rylance (4) |
| RICH | Henry VIII's minister who played a key role in the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher as well as the downfall of Sir Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries (4) |
| HILARYMANTEL | English novelist who won the Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012 for her novels about Thomas Cromwell (6,6) |
| JOSS | And 43 Down Richard Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (4,6) |
