| IFSTONE | Journalist who wrote "The Trial of Socrates" |
| FRANKKAFKA | Czech novelist who wrote The Trial and The Castle (5,5) |
| KAFKA | Czech novelist who wrote The Trial and The Castle (5) |
| PYLE | Journalist who wrote the 1943 book "Here Is Your War" |
| SIENKIEWICZ | Henryk _, Polish journalist who wrote the novel Quo Vadis (11) |
| TANEHISICOATES | Author and journalist who wrote "The Case for Reparations" (2014) |
| GELLHORN | Journalist who wrote the memoir Travels with Myself and Another (8) |
| TAPPER | Journalist who wrote the 1990s-2000s comic strip "Capitol Hell" |
| HOOD | English poet, humorist and journalist who wrote Odes and Addresses to Great People, The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies and The Song of the Shirt (4) |
| GALLICO | Paul _, American novelist and sports journalist who wrote The Poseidon Adventure (7) |
| ANDREWMORTON | English journalist who wrote the best-selling book Diana: Her True Story |
| WAUGH | Novelist who wrote in his satire Decline and Fall of the trials of scholar Paul Pennyfeather, wrongly sent down from Oxford after falling victim to the antics of the Bollinger Club (5) |
| RICH | Henry VIII's minister who played a key role in the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher as well as the downfall of Sir Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries (4) |
| JOHNREED | Journalist who wrote about the October Revolution in "Ten Days That Shook the World" |
| LOWELLTHOMAS | Globetrotting journalist who wrote about Lawrence of Arabia |
| SCHORR | Journalist who wrote "Come to Think of It," 2007 |
| EDDIEREDMAYNE | The Danish Girl actor who played activist Tom Hayden in the Netflix film The Trial of the Chicago 7: 2 wds. |
| PILATE | Pontius ---, according to the New Testament, the official who was the judge at the trial of Jesus and ordered his crucifixion (6) |
| MITCHELL | Margaret ---, American author and journalist who wrote Gone With The Wind (8) |
| HELENFIELDING | Former journalist who wrote Bridget Jones's Diary |
