| ISHIGURO | Kazuo -; Nobel Prize-winning novelist who wrote The Remains of the Day and Never Let Me Go (8) |
| BUCK | Pearl ___, 1938 Nobel Prize-winning novelist who wrote about China (4) |
| SALMARUSHDIE | Booker Prize-winning novelist who wrote the 2024 memoir Knife: 2 wds. |
| LLOSA | Nobel Prize-winning novelist who stood unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru in 1990 (5) |
| MERCHANT | Ismail -; producer who collaborated with director James Ivory on The Remains of the Day and many other films (8) |
| LONICERA | Latin name of the day- and nightscented twining flower honeysuckle, important for pollinating moths and in turn bats and hedgehogs (8) |
| LASTPOST | Which military bugle call is played at the end of the day and during services of remembrance? (4,4) |
| DESLYNAM | See picture clue: Former presenter of Match of the Day and Countdown (3,5) |
| FAULKNER | William -, US Nobel prize-winning novelist |
| ANALYSIS | You get this on shows like Match Of The Day and Newsnight (8) |
| VERTICAL | The anecic group form deep, permanent and ___ tunnels within the soil during the day and surface during the night to feed on plant matter. |
| BOWEN | Novelist who wrote The Last September, The Death of the Heart, The Heat of the Day and Eva Trout (5) |
| PROTECTS | They have a thick coat which ___ them from the heat during the day and keeps them warm during those cold desert nights. |
| PENELOPE | Booker Prize-winning novelist Lively |
| CAREYMULLIGAN | The Great Gatsby, An Education Drive, Collateral, Suffragette and Never Let Me Go are films in which this English actress starred (5,8) |
| KAZUOISHIGURO | British author of "Never Let Me Go" who won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature : 2 wds. |
| CALENDAR | List of all the days and months in a year (8) |
| ANTHONY | ___ Hopkins, 6D's co-star in The Remains Of The Day and recent BBC production of King Lear (7) |
| MOWBRAY | Guy, football commentator on Match Of The Day and the BBC's coverage of England games (7) |
| ENDOFTIME | 2012 Beyonce hit with the repeated line "Say you'll never let me go" |
