| LECARRE | John - -; pen name of the author of the George Smiley novels and the posthumously published Silverview (2,5) |
| KAFKA | Czech writer of the posthumously published novel The Trial (5) |
| SQUAREEGG | The -, posthumously published 1924 story collection by Saki (6,3) |
| KGB | Org. that "Moscow Centre" represents in George Smiley novels |
| SUSAN | First name of the author of The Dark Is Rising novels and the picture book The Shortest Day (5) |
| HARDY | Author of the Wessex novels and the Christmas poem The Oxen (5) |
| FLEMING | Ian -; author of the James Bond series of novels and the children's book Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (7) |
| KARLA | Soviet spymaster in JOHN le Carre's Smiley novels (5) |
| WYNDHAM | John -; pen name of the author of The Day of the Triffids (7) |
| TRESSELL | Robert ?, pen name of the author of 1914 posthumously published novel The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists (8) |
| EVELYN | Author of a posthumously published diary describing events of 1665-6 including the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London (6) |
| FRANK | The author of the 1947 posthumously published work The Diary Of A Young Girl, Anne _ (5) |
| STARK | In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels and television adaptation Game of Thrones, the house with a coat of arms bearing a depiction of a dire wolf (5) |
| JAMES | Author of the Adam Dalgliesh novels and unrelated short stories including The Mistletoe Murder and The Twelve Clues of Christmas (5) |
| WHENTHELIONFEEDS | Wilbur Smith's debut novel and the first of the Courtney saga |
| CORRIDORSOFPOWER | "The ____" was a political cliché coined by CP Snow in a novel, and the title of a later one |
| ONCEISNOTENOUGH | Jacqueline Susann novel, and the problem with some of the answers in this puzzle |
| STAVRO | Middle name of the fictional supervillain Blofeld in the James Bond series of novels and films |
| HOLMES | Surname of a fictional detective who features in four novels and 56 short stories including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| CHARTERIS | Leslie ---, author of a series of novels and short stories about Simon Templar, The Saint (9) |
