| ISHIGURO | Kazuo ___, Japanese-born British author of novels including The Remains Of The Day and Never Let Me Go (8) |
| KAZUO | Japanese-born British author awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 (5,8) |
| KAZUOISHIGURO | Japanese-born British novelist whose novels include the Booker-prize-winning The Remains of the Day |
| MAUGHAM | Paris-born British author of a number of novels including Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil and Cakes and Ale (7) |
| CANETTI | Bulgarian-born British author of novels including Auto-da-Fe (1935) and the non-fiction work Crowds and Power (1960); Nobel Prize in Literature (1981) (7) |
| ELIAS | Bulgarian-born British author of novels including Auto-da-Fe (1935) and the non-fiction work Crowds and Power (1960); Nobel Prize in Literature (1981) (5) |
| CONRAD | Joseph ___, Polish-born British author of novels including Lord Jim (1900) and Nostromo (1904) (6) |
| BOWEN | Novelist who wrote The Last September, The Death of the Heart, The Heat of the Day and Eva Trout (5) |
| MANTEL | British author of novels including the Booker Prize-winning Wolf Hall (2009) and Bring Up the |
| CAREYMULLIGAN | The Great Gatsby, An Education Drive, Collateral, Suffragette and Never Let Me Go are films in which this English actress starred (5,8) |
| ANTHONY | ___ Hopkins, 6D's co-star in The Remains Of The Day and recent BBC production of King Lear (7) |
| BALLARD | J G, Chinese-born British author whose novels include Crash and Empire of the Sun |
| JGBALLARD | Chinese-born British author whose novels include Crash and Empire of the Sun (1,1,7) |
| SPRING | Season of "lencten" characterised by lengthening of the days and vernal awakening, blossoming, budding and bursting forth of nature's bounty, including artichokes, garlicky ramsons, Jersey royals, tar |
| LONICERA | Latin name of the day- and nightscented twining flower honeysuckle, important for pollinating moths and in turn bats and hedgehogs (8) |
| MERCHANT | Ismail -; producer who collaborated with director James Ivory on The Remains of the Day and many other films (8) |
| LASTPOST | Which military bugle call is played at the end of the day and during services of remembrance? (4,4) |
| MOWBRAY | Guy, football commentator on Match Of The Day and the BBC's coverage of England games (7) |
| WILL | British author of novels including 2006's The Book Of Dave, _ Self (4) |
| ISHIGUEU | Kazuo ___ (b 1954), Nagasaki-born British writer who won the Novel Prize in Literature in 2017 (8) |
