| WYSS | Johann David ?, author of 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson (4) |
| LOSTINSPACE | 1960s American TV series, created and produced by Irwin Allen, inspired by the 1812 novel The Swiss Family Robinson |
| HARE | David ?, author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour (4) |
| ROBINSON | Titular Swiss family of an 1812 novel by Swiss author Johann David Wyss (8) |
| FRITZ | Eldest of the four boys in The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss (5) |
| FAMILY | The Swiss ____ Robinson, 1812 novel by Johann David Wyss (6) |
| NOBBS | David ?, author of 1975 novel The Death of Reginald Perrin (5) |
| MITCHELL | David ?, author of the novels Ghostwritten and The Bone Clocks (8) |
| LODGE | David ?, author of novels Changing Places and Author, Author |
| JOHANNDAVIDWYSS | Swiss author best known for 1812's Der schweizerische Robinson (The Swiss Family Robinson) (6,5,4) |
| STOREY | David, author of the novel This Sporting Life (6) |
| MAMET | David ?, author of stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow (5) |
| THESWISS | 1812 novel by Johann David Wyss about a group of emigrants who run into trouble on their way to a new home (3,5,6,8) |
| PEACE | David ?, author of the Red Riding tetralogy |
| EDGAR | David, author of the 1983 play Maydays (5) |
| MERCER | David. author of the plays After Haggerty and Flint (6) |
| BALDACCI | David ?, author of novels Hell's Corner and Split Second (8) |
| TENNANT | William, author of 1812 poem Anster Fair (7) |
| GARNETT | David -; author whose novel Aspects of Love inspired a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (7) |
| ABSENTEE | The ___, 1812 novel by Maria Edgeworth (8) |
