| ISHIGURO | Japanese-born novelist (surname) who became a 3/18 Down in 1982 (8) |
| PROUST | French novelist (surname) who lived from 1871 until 1922 (6) |
| SHUTE | British novelist (surname) who wrote No Highway (5) |
| HANDEL | German-born composer (surname) who became a 3/18 Down in 1727 (6) |
| ELIOT | American-born poet and dramatist (surname) who became a 3/18 Down in 1927 (5) |
| DEBRUYNE | Footballer (surname) who became a Freeman of Manchester in 2022 (2,6) |
| JULIANNEMOORE | US-born actress who became a 3/18 Down in 2011 to honour her Scottish mother (8,5) |
| CONRAD | Joseph, the novelist who became a 3/18 Down in 1886 (6) |
| DAVIDSOUL | American-born actor and singer who became a 3/18 Down in 2004 (5,4) |
| TROLLOPE | 19th-century novelist (surname) famous for The Chronicles of Barsetshire (8) |
| ISAOAOKI | Japanese-born P.G.A. star |
| ONDAATJE | Sri Lankan-born novelist who wrote The English Patient and the memoir Running in the Family (8) |
| KINGSLEY | Charles -; Devon-born novelist who wrote Westward Ho! and The Water-Babies (8) |
| MARGARET | (& 18 Down) In 1979, she became Europe's first female Prime Minister (8,8) (8) (8) |
| LAURENCE | D H ___ (1815 - 1930), Nottinghamshire-born novelist who wrote Sons and Lovers (1913) |
| FORESTER | C S Forester (1899-1966), Egypt-born novelist, best known for his 10-book Hornblower series (8) |
| CLINTON | US president (surname) who became a Rhodes Scholar in 1968 (7) |
| LLOYDGEORGE | UK Prime Minister (surname) who became a Freeman of Manchester in 1918 (5,6) |
| JOHNGALT | Irvine-born novelist (1779 - 1839) |
| KAZUOISHIGURO | Japanese-born British novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 (5,8) |
