| BUCHAN | John, Scottish writer who wrote the adventure novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| ALEXANDREDUMAS | French author who wrote the adventure novel The Count Of Monte Cristo (9,5) |
| STEVENSON | Son of a lighthouse engineer who wrote the adventure novel Treasure Island (9) |
| GALT | John -, Scottish author of novels The Ayrshire Legatees and Annals of the Parish (4) |
| MONTECRISTO | Popular Dumas adventure novel, The Count Of ... (5,6) |
| BALLANTYNE | R. M. -; author of the 1857 adventure novel The Coral Island (10) |
| HANNAY | Richard, hero of the John Buchan novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| RANKIN | Ian, Scottish crime writer who wrote the graphic novel Dark Entries (6) |
| AGATHA | ___ Christie, English crime writer who wrote the 1952 play The Mousetrap (6) |
| SAFRAN | Jonathan ****** Foer, US writer who wrote the novel 'Everything Is Illuminated' (6) |
| GOETHE | German writer who wrote the tragic play Faust (6) |
| IRVINE | _ Welsh, Scottish author who wrote 1993's Trainspotting (6) |
| BARRIE | J.M., Scottish writer who created the character Tinker Bell (6) |
| STUART | Douglas, Scottish author who won the 2020 Booker Prize for his novel Shuggie Bain (6) |
| SAWYER | Tom -; character in the adventure novels also featuring Huckleberry Finn (6) |
| HANNAH | John - - -, Scottish star who appeared in Sliding Doors and The Mummy (6) |
| NAPIER | John, Scottish mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6) |
| RENNIE | John . . . , Scottish engineer who designed the London Bridge reassembled at Lake Havana, Arizona (6) |
| BELLOC | Hilaire, writer who wrote Cautionary Tales For Children (6) |
| MCGINN | John, Scottish midfielder who joined Aston Villa FC in 2018 (6) |
