| CAXTON | Historically, his work was impressive |
| EDITED | Was a little boy tied up when his work was corrected? (6) |
| MESMER | Franz ----, his work was forerunner of hypnotism (6) |
| CRUSOE | His work was done by Friday (6) |
| SLAYED | On the radio, 70s rock band was impressive for Gen Z |
| COMTE | His work was in maths and philosophy, oddly cool metier |
| PICASSO | His work was often sketchy |
| ROBINSONCRUSOE | His work was done by Friday |
| BUNYAN | His progressive work was written by a nun, possibly! (6) |
| CREWEL | Embroidery work was inhumane we hear (6) |
| VANITY | Pretension? Thackeray's work was this fair (6) |
| ANGELL | Sir Norman -; author of some 50 books including The Great Illusion whose work was recognised with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1933 (6) |
| SALTEN | Felix ---, Austrian author and critic whose most famous work was Bambi, A Life In The Woods (6) |
| HOBBES | Thomas ---, English political philosopher whose best-known work was Leviathan (6) |
| BINYON | My work was on war and the point of writing about that in verse (6) |
| STERNE | Anglican vicar and novelist whose principal work was denounced by Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Walpole and others |
| TOMB | Tut's was impressive |
| BRAVADO | Bagging promotion, that was impressive self-confidence |
| THOMASHOBBES | English political philosopher whose best-known work was Leviathan (6,6) |
| ALDOUSHUXLEY | English writer whose most famous work was the 1932 novel Brave New World (6,6) |
