| LECARRE | John ___, author of Agent Running In The Field (2,5) |
| WEBSTER | John ___, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi (7) |
| OSBORNE | John ___, author of stage plays Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer (7) |
| GRISHAM | John ___, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren (7) |
| LEETIDE | In or outflowing of the sea which is running in the same direction as the wind (3,4) |
| SLOWEST | This competitor is running in the race after all (7) |
| AMILATE | Question asked while running in the door |
| ABDOMEN | Notes demon running in the middle |
| CARAMEL | Golden brown mare running in The Golden State? (7) |
| SWEATER | Top athlete running in the heat, perhaps? (7) |
| LONGRUN | Some prolong running in the marathon (4,3) |
| DYNAMOS | Generators - so many died running in the opposite direction (7) |
| CLELAND | John ___, author best known for his novel Fanny Hill (7) |
| THAWING | Running in the heat? |
| 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) |
| BARTH | John ___, author of the novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy (5) |
| LAHR | John ___, author of the novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot (4) |
| STEINBECK | John ___, author of The Grapes of Wrath (9) |
| MCPHEE | John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World" |
