| MCPHEE | John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World" |
| ANGLOSAXONCHRONICLE | Collection of annals covering over 1000 years of British history (5-5,9) |
| GEOL | Subj. of John McPhee's "Annals of the Former World" |
| GALT | John ?, Scottish author of novels The Ayrshire Legatees and Annals of the Parish |
| LIVY | "The Annals of the Roman People" historian |
| TACITUS | Writer of histories and annals of the Roman Empire |
| CASE | John ___, author of the novels The First Horseman and The Genesis Code; pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn |
| RECTOR | John ___, author of the novels Out of the Black and Already Gone (6) |
| WEBSTER | John ___, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi (7) |
| LECARRE | John ___, author of the novels Call for the Dead and The Mission Song (2,5) |
| LAHR | John ___, author of the novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot (4) |
| STEINBECK | John ___, author of The Grapes of Wrath (9) |
| GRISHAM | John ___, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren (7) |
| REED | John ___, author of Ten Days that Shook the World (4) |
| DIEGOMARADONA | Whose "hand of God" claim secured his place in the annals of sports cheats? (5,8) |
| TSAR | Ruler relegated to the annals of history |
| FASTI | Annals of Tacitus or Ovid's poem? Sound bit of instruction |
| IGNOBEL | Satirical "Prize" given by the Annals of Improbable Research |
| BARTH | John ___, author of the novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy (5) |
| KEATS | John ___, author of poems The Eve of St Agnes and Ode on a Grecian Urn (5) |
