| GEOET | Jean -, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids (5) |
| GENET | Jean ?, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| EMOTE | Play to the balcony and beyond |
| GORKY | Maxim ?, author of stage plays The Lower Depths and Children of the Sun (5) |
| PLAYS | The 2019 films "Golda's Balcony" and "Judy" are based on them |
| MIDAS | King who upset the maids (5) |
| OCTET | The maids a-milking, e.g. |
| WEBSTER | John ___, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi (7) |
| SHERIDAN | R B ___, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic (8) |
| DONMARQUIS | US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak |
| PINERO | Arthur Wing ?, author of stage plays The Gay Lord Quex and The Second Mrs Tanqueray |
| SNOOWILSON | Author of stage plays The Grass Widow and The Glad Hand |
| DON | & 21A US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak (3,7) |
| MARQUIS | US author of stage plays The Dark Hours and The Old Soak (7) |
| BEAUMONT | Francis -; dramatist who collaborated with John Fletcher on The Knight of the Burning Pestle and The Maid's Tragedy (8) |
| RHYS | Jean, author of the novels Wide Sargasso Sea and Good Morning, Midnight (4) |
| GRAY | Simon ___, author of stage plays The Common Pursuit and Cell Mates (4) |
| BENJONSON | Author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (3,6) |
| JONSON | Ben ?, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (6) |
| MCPHERSON | Conor ?, author of stage plays The Weir and Port Authority (9) |
