| NESBO | Jo ___, Norwegian author of the Harry Hole crime novels (5) |
| IBSEN | Norwegian author of the 1867 play Peer Gynt, Henrik _ (5) |
| JONESBO | Author of the Harry Hole novels (2,5) |
| GRIEG | Edvard ___, Norwegian composer of the incidental music for Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen (5) |
| MUNCH | Edvard ___, Norwegian painter whose works include 1907's The Sick Child (5) |
| JOSTEINGAARDER | Norwegian author of the 1991 bestseller Sophie’s World |
| GREIG | Edvard _, Norwegian composer (5) |
| OLSEN | Ole ___, Norwegian composer |
| ROWLING | J K -, author of the Harry Potter heptalogy of novels (7) |
| JK | "Rowling" along: The initials of the writer of the Harry Potter books (or what a texter types when she's "just kidding") |
| HOLIERTHANTHOU | Harry Hole author -- thin, extremely patronising (6-4-4) |
| HOLE | Harry, fictional detective created by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo (4) |
| KNUTHAMSUN | Norwegian author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 |
| AMUNDSEN | Roald _, Norwegian explorer and navigator; leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole (8) |
| SIGRID | Nobel-winning Norwegian author Undset |
| NESBIT | Lady novelist tip-top Norwegian writer rebuffed |
| ERIK | Male Norwegian writer I knew somewhat (4) |
| UNDSET | Sigrid ___, Norwegian novelist awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 |
| PETTERSEN | Suzann _, Norwegian golfer who captained Europe at the 2023 Solheim Cup (9) |
| BOE | Alisha ___, Norwegian actress who played Jessica Davis in the Netflix series Thirteen Reasons Why (3) |
