| FOWLES | John ___, author of the 1977 novel Daniel Martin (6) |
| PAULSCOTT | Author of the 1977 novel Staying On (4,5) |
| RECTOR | John ___, author of the novels Out of the Black and Already Gone (6) |
| BUCHAN | John ___, author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| BRAINE | John ___, author of 1957 novel Room at the Top (6) |
| UPDIKE | John _, author of the 1960 novel Rabbit, Run (6) |
| BUNYAN | John ___, author of The Pilgrim's Progress (6) |
| MCPHEE | John ___, author of "Annals of the Former World" |
| RITTER | John ___, Emmy-winning star of the 1977-84 US sitcom Three's Company (6) |
| ARNHEM | In and around which town does the action of the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far take place? (6) |
| ICEAGE | 'The ---', 1977 novel by Margaret Drabble (3,3) |
| SCHAMA | Joint winner of the 1977 Wolfson History Prize |
| ERICHSEGAL | Author of the 1977 sequel "Oliver's Story" |
| CASE | John ___, author of the novels The First Horseman and The Genesis Code; pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn |
| 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) |
| GALSWORTHY | John ___, author of novel series The Forsyte Saga (10) |
| 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) |
