| BRAINE | John ___, author best-known for for his first novel, Room at the Top |
| CLELAND | John ___, author best known for his novel Fanny Hill (7) |
| ACHEBE | Chinua ___, Nigerian author best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart |
| CHINUAACHEBE | Nigerian author best known for his first novel, Things Fall Apart |
| JOHNBRAINE | Author of 1957 novel Room at the Top (4,6) |
| JOELAMPTON | Central character in John Braine's 1957 novel Room At The Top (3,7) |
| SUSKIND | Patrick _, writer best known for his 1985 novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (7) |
| TOP | John Braine's novel, Room At The ... |
| THACKERAY | William Makepeace _, writer best known for the novel Vanity Fair (9) |
| NYE | Simon ___, writer best known for creating the sitcom Men Behaving Badly |
| LANGLEY | Philippa _, writer best known for her role in the 2012 exhumation of Richard III (7) |
| GINSBERG | Allen _, writer best known for the 1955 poem 'Howl' (8) |
| FLAUBERT | Gustave - - -, 19th Century French writer best known for his first published novel, Madame Bovary (8) |
| ALFVEN | Composer Hugo ____ (1872-1960), was best known for his first Swedish Rhapsody |
| AMIS | The Rachel Papers was his first novel in 1973 (6,4) |
| MARTIN | The Rachel Papers was his first novel in 1973 (6,4) |
| CASE | John ___, author of the novels The First Horseman and The Genesis Code; pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn |
| LECARRE | John ___, author of the novels Call for the Dead and The Mission Song (2,5) |
| JDSALINGER | He became a literary superstar after publishing his first novel in 1951; he lived until 2010 but never wrote another novel |
| NEMEA | Where Hercules killed the lion for his first labor |
