| PALLO | Jackie -, wrestler-actor; author of 1985 autobiography You Grunt, I'll Groan |
| CAVE | Nick ___, singer-actor; author of 2009 novel The Death of Bunny Munro (4) |
| HAWKE | Ethan ___, US actor; author of novels Ash Wednesday and The Hottest State (5) |
| ADDISON | Chris ___, comedian-actor; author of 2006 poetry volume Cautionary Tales for Grown-Ups (7) |
| HUGHLAURIE | English actor; author of 1996 novel The Gun Seller (4,6) |
| FIERSTEIN | Harvey ?, actor; author of 1981 stage play Torch Song Trilogy |
| CAPOTE | Truman _, US writer and actor; author of 1958 novella Breakfast At Tiffany's (6) |
| NIVEN | Late British actor, author of The Moon's A Balloon, and Bring on the Empty Horses (5,5) |
| DAVID | Late British actor, author of The Moon's A Balloon, and Bring on the Empty Horses (5,5) |
| SEANHUGHES | Stand-up comedian and actor, author of novels It's What He Would've Wanted and The Detainees, who died in 2017 (4,6) |
| LIFE | He told his own story: If you like a good autobiography, you might want to read "The ___ and Times of Frederick Douglass" |
| PORKFISH | Having the flesh of animal and cod and gar will make you grunt (4-4) |
| SAGAN | Carl ___, American astronomer; author of 1985 novel Contact (5) |
| CARLSAGAN | American astronomer; author of 1985 novel Contact (4,5) |
| KEILLOR | Garrison ?, author of 1985 novel Lake Wobegon Days (7) |
| ACKROYD | Peter, author of 1985 novel Hawksmoor (7) |
| HOGAN | Hulk ___, wrestler-actor who played Thunderlips in 1982 film drama Rocky III (5) |
| CENA | Wrestler/actor John who won the WWE's Royal Rumble twice |
| GIANT | Andre the ___ (wrestler/actor in The Princess Bride) |
| MICKEYROURKE | The Wrestler actor who was nominated for an Academy Award (6,6) |
