| NARAYAN | Indian author of the trilogy comprising Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher (7) |
| RENNIE | Middle name of Charles Mackintosh, architect who designed the Glasgow School of Art and the Willow Tea Rooms (6) |
| BAKING | Bachelor of Arts and Head of State getting very hot (6) |
| TOMSTOPPARD | Author of the trilogy of plays The Coast of Utopia (3,8) |
| JOHNDOSPASSOS | US novelist, author of the trilogy USA (1930-36) |
| RACHELCUSK | Canadian-born British writer of the trilogy Outline, Transit, and Kudos |
| CULTURES | The two ___, CP Snow's description of the arts and the sciences (8) |
| FELT | Baize-like non-woven material used for crafts, bowler hats, textile arts and the tips of colouring-in pens (4) |
| MANTEL | Author of A Change of Climate and An Experiment in Love as well as the Cromwell trilogy comprising Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror and the Light (6) |
| HOPE | Anthony -; author of the Ruritania trilogy comprising The Prisoner of Zenda, The Heart of Princess Osra and Rupert of Hentzau (4) |
| HARKNESS | Author of the All Souls trilogy comprising A Discovery of Witches and its sequels Shadow of Night and The Book of Life (8) |
| SING | Hear the Wind ___ 1979 novel by Haruki Murakami that is the first of the Trilogy of the Rat series |
| ROWLING | Author who wrote the Cormoran Strike trilogy comprising The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil under the pen name of Robert Galbraith (7) |
| RAO | Raja ___, Indian author of "The Serpent and the Rope" |
| FARRELL | J. G. -; author who wrote the Empire Trilogy comprising Troubles, The Siege of Krishnapur and The Singapore Grip (7) |
| GRASS | Gunter -; author of the Danzig trilogy comprising The Tin Drum, Cat and Mouse and Dog Years (5) |
| ANITADESAI | Indian author of The Village by the Sea |
| DESAI | Anita, Indian author of The Village by the Sea (5) |
| THEMANSION | 1959 novel by William Faulkner that is the last of the trilogy on the Snopes family: 2 wds. |
| TABLEMANNERS | Alan Ayckbourn play that is the first part of the trilogy The Norman Conquests (5,7) |
