| CAIN | James M -, author of the novels Serenade and Mildred Pierce (4) |
| LAST | 1923 film comedy starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis (6,4) |
| SYNGE | J.M., author of the play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| JOAN | Crawford of "Mildred Pierce" |
| THACKERAY | William M, author of the novel The History of Henry Esmond, Esquire (9) |
| NOIR | "Mildred Pierce" genre |
| YONGE | Charlotte M. --, author of The Heir of Redclyffe (5) |
| BALLANTYNE | R. M. -; author of the 1857 adventure novel The Coral Island (10) |
| DELAFIELD | E.M., author of The Diary of a Provincial Lady (9) |
| ALCOTT | Louisa M, author of the novel Little Women (6) |
| BARRIE | J.M., author of the play Peter Pan (6) |
| MONTGOMERY | L. M. -; author of a series of children's novels including Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea and |
| PIRSIG | Robert M ......, author of Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance (6) |
| EDNA | The middle name of Mildred Nasmyth (4) |
| FORSTER | E M -, author of novels Howards End and A Room with a View |
| ROPER | Surname of the warring married couple in the 1970s sitcom George And Mildred (5) |
| YOOTHA | Brian Murphy and ... Joyce played the Ropers in the 1970s comedy George And Mildred |
| JOYCE | Yootha ---, actress who starred in the 1970s sitcoms Man About The House and George And Mildred (5) |
| JOANCRAWFORD | She was Mildred Pierce and Baby Jane's big sister (4,8) |
| MURPHY | Brian, English actor who played one half of George And Mildred in the 1970s sitcom (6) |
