| BRAINE | John. author of the 1957 novel Room At The Top (6) |
| JOHNBRAINE | Writer of the 1957 novel Room at the Top (4,6) |
| JOELAMPTON | Central character in John Braine's 1957 novel Room At The Top (3,7) |
| CRANKO | John, choreographer of the 1957 ballet The Prince of the Pagodas (6) |
| KEROUAC | Author of the 1957 novel On The Road, Jack _ (7) |
| FRAME | Janet, New Zealand author of the 1957 novel Owls Do Cry (5) |
| WHITE | Patrick, author of the 1957 novel Voss (5) |
| IRVING | John, author of the novel The Hotel New Hampshire (6) |
| RECTOR | John -, author of the novels Out of the Black and Already Gone (6) |
| BUCHAN | John, author of the novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| BUNYAN | John -; author of the 1678 allegory The Pilgrim's Progress (6) |
| UPDIKE | John --, author of the novel 'Rabbit is Rich' (6) |
| FOWLES | John, author of the novels Daniel Martin and The Collector (6) |
| INGMAR | ___ Bergman, Swedish director of the 1957 film The Seventh Seal (6) |
| MILTON | John -; author of the blankverse epic poems Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained (6) |
| BERGER | John, author of the book G (6) |
| DRYDEN | John, author of the play All for Love (6) |
| VASILY | -- Smyslov, winner of the 1957 world chess championship match against Mikhail Botvinnik (6) |
| ANDREI | First name of the 1957-1985 Russian Foreign Minister Gromyko (6) |
| TOP | John Braine's novel, Room At The ... |
