| CLAVELL | James ___, author whose novels include King Rat, Shogun and Noble House (7) |
| GOTHA | Which town in Germany is noted for its Almanach recording the royal and noble houses of Europe from |
| FORSTER | E M ___, author whose novels include Where Angels Fear to Tread and Howards End |
| HERBERT | James ___, author of the novels Lair and Domain (7) |
| STEINER | Max ---, Austrian-born American composer whose film scores include King Kong and Gone With The Wind (7) |
| HERRIOT | James ___, author of semi-autobiographical novels It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet and Vets Might Fly (7) |
| CAPULET | In 'Romeo and Juliet', a noble house of Verona (7) |
| PROLONG | Extend horse-hockey to include king: no good later! (7) |
| SKETCHY | Cast includes king "and the rest"? That's rather vague! (7) |
| RENDELL | Ruth ___, author whose 6s include No Man's Nightingale (7) |
| SUMMARY | Problem might include king getting synopsis (7) |
| DESKTOP | Iconic display of Parisian - no longer continue to include King |
| TRAITOR | Distinguishing feature old King Rat displayed |
| ROETHKE | Theodore ___, writer whose volume The Waking won the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (7) |
| WHARTON | Edith _, writer whose 1920 novel The Age of Innocence was adapted into a 1994 Scorsese film (7) |
| INNES | Hammond ___, author whose novels include Campbell's Kingdom and The Wreck of the Mary Deare |
| OFLAHERTY | Liam ___, author whose novels include Famine and The Informer (9) |
| ELIOT | George _, author whose novels include The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch (5) |
| DONLEAVY | J P ___, author whose novels include The Ginger Man (8) |
| DEIGHTON | Len _, writer whose novels include Funeral in Berlin and Billion-dollar Brain (8) |