| UPDIKE | John ___, US author of the novels Toward the End of Time and The Centaur (6) |
| GRISHAM | John ___, US author of The Pelican Brief (7) |
| THELETTERE | "I'm the beginning of eternity, the end of time and space, the beginning of the end, and the end of |
| SYAL | Meera _, star of The Wheel Of Time and The Kumars At No. 42 (4) |
| HPLOVECRAFT | American gothic writer known for his works like The Shadow Out of Time and The Dunwich Horror: 3 wds. |
| AZTEC | Tezcatlipoca was god of time and the nocturnal sky in this mythology (5) |
| ZODIAC | From the Greek meaning "sculptured animal figure", a belt of constellations in the night sky whose beasts include Aries the Ram, Leo the Lion and Sagittarius the Centaur (6) |
| LIVELY | Author of Moon Tiger, The Road to Lichfield and a number of children's books, including A Stitch in Time and The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (6) |
| MAILER | Norman _, US author of the novel The Naked And The Dead (1948) |
| RUNYON | Damon _, US author of stories including The Idyli Of Miss Sarah Brown and Blood Pressure (6) |
| NORMAN | ___ Wisdom, star of films A Stitch in Time and The Square Peg (6) |
| HELLER | Joseph ___, US author of novels including 1961's Catch-22 (6) |
| ADHERE | Stay true to the present time and the present place (6) |
| TASTED | Tried to get the time and the dates changed (6) |
| ROBERT | Pattinson, actor whose films include Tenet, Good Time and The Twilight Saga (6) |
| ASTERN | Article getting serious toward the end (6) |
| MCCOMB | John ___, US architect; co-designer of New York City Hall who died in 1853 (6) |
| CHOPIN | Kate ___, US author of Bayou Folk (6) |
| CHIRON | "Wisest and justest of all the centaurs," in Greek myth |
| REPAST | About a former time and the meal we had (6) |
