| BARTH | John -, author of novels The Sot-weed Factor and Giles Goat-boy (5) |
| JOHNBARTH | An American novelist, author of "The Floating Opera" and "Giles Goat-Boy" |
| SIMON | Creator of the 'X Factor' and 'Got Talent' TV franchises (5,6) |
| STORE | Shop the sot is staggering to again (5) |
| ETHOS | He finds the sot has moral significance (5) |
| BURNS | Gordon ?, Northern Ireland-born presenter whose credits include ITV series The Krypton Factor and Surprise, Surprise (5) |
| KEATS | John -, author of poems The Eve of St Agnes and Ode on a Grecian Urn (5) |
| GILES | "___ Goat-Boy" (John Barth allegory) |
| RILES | John Barth's " ___ Goat-Boy" |
| ARDEN | John -, author of stage plays Live Like Pigs and The Workhouse Donkey (5) |
| KEBLE | John, author of The Christian Year, an 1827 volume of sacred verse (5) |
| WYNDHAM | John -; author of novels including The Day of the Triffids, The Chrysalids and Chocky (7) |
| BYRNE | John -, author of 1978 stage play The Slab Boys (5) |
| RINGO | John, author of the 2000 novel A Hymn Before Battle (5) |
| OHARA | John, author of the 1934 novel Appointment in Samarra (1'4) |
| CHEEVER | John -, author of novels The Wapshot Chronicle and The Wapshot Scandal (7) |
| GRISHAM | John -, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren (7) |
| MORTIMER | John -, author of novels Paradise Postponed and The Sound of Trumpets (8) |
| FODEN | Giles ___, author of 1998 novel The Last King of Scotland (5) |
| CREASEY | John -, author of novels Go Away Death and The Executioners (7) |
