| ADIE | Kate -, journalist; author of 2002 autobiography The Kindness Of Strangers (4) |
| COHN | Nik ?, rock music journalist; author of novels Need and King Death (4) |
| BLANCHEBOIS | Heroine who declares "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" |
| BLANCHE | *"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" |
| EXITLINE | Blanche DuBois's "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers," e.g. |
| WEIR | Arabella ___, comedy actress; author of 2002 novel Stupid Cupid (4) |
| GARY | Speci-angler, angling journalist, author, _ Newman (4) |
| OPIE | American journalist-author ... Read |
| ERIK | Journalist/author Larson |
| AGAR | Journalist/writer Herbert |
| NIKCOHN | Rock music journalist; author of the novels Need and King Death (3,4) |
| PACKARD | Vance ?, US journalist; author of 1957 book The Hidden Persuaders (7) |
| STRANGERS | "I have always depended on the kindness of ...," said Vivien Leigh as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar |
| HUMANITY | The kindness of people (8) |
| MIRRORWRITER | "XAM UOY HTIW" - Journalist author of Jabberwocky? (6,6) |
| LEVINE | Mel, author of 2002 Times best seller "A Mind at a Time" |
| RETURNAFAVOUR | Pay back kindness of clergyman framing fine art nouveau work (6,1,6) |
| KATTY | - Kay, journalist, author and BBC special correspondent (5) |
| BRAGG | Journalist/author Rick |
| IDA | Journalist-author Tarbell |
