| NICCOLOMACHIAVELLI | Italian philosopher and writer best known for The Prince |
| DEBEAUVOIR | Major French existentialist philosopher and author best known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, |
| AQUINAS | Influential medieval Italian philosopher and theologian, St Thomas ... |
| MARQUIS | Don ___, American humorist, journalist and author best known for creating the characters "Archy" and "Mehitabel" |
| PRIMOLEVI | Jewish-Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author best known for the work If This Is A Man (5,4) |
| PRIMO | --- Levi, Jewish-Italian chemist, Holocaust survivor and author best known for the work If This Is A Man (5) |
| ERLESTANLEYGARDNER | American lawyer and author best known for the Perry Mason series of detective stories (4,7,7) |
| ERLESTANLEY | And 29 American lawyer and author best known for his Perry Mason stories (4,7,7) |
| ADAMSON | George _, British conservationist and author, best known through the book and film Born Free (7) |
| KEITH | And 31 British newspaper columnist and author best known for his 1959 novel Billy Liarls (10) |
| BRIGGS | Raymond _, English illustrator and author, best known for his 1978 story The Snowman (6) |
| WATERHOUSE | Keith ___, newspaper columnist and author best known for his 1959 novel Billy Liar |
| GARDNER | Erle Stanley ---, American lawyer and author best known for his Perry Mason series (7) |
| JOYADAMSON | 20th-century naturalist and author best known for her book Born Free (3,7) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac ___, American professor of biochemistry and author best known for Foundation Series of science fiction |
| MACHIAVELLI | 16th century Italian political philosopher and author of The Prince |
| BORGIA | Cesare, Italian cardinal and politician who was the model for The Prince by Machiavelli (6) |
| ROUSSEAU | Jean-Jacques ___, Swiss-born French philosopher and writer noted for works including The Social Contract (1762) (8) |
| SARTRE | Existentialist philosopher and author whose works include the novel Nausea and collection of stories The Wall (6) |
| SCRUTON | Roger, philosopher and writer noted for his conservative viewpoint (7) |
