| DAHLS | Kin of writer Roald, The ___ |
| DAHL | Writer Roald of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" |
| AMUNDSEN | Roald, the first person to reach the South Pole |
| DAHLIA | Writer Roald, one given a flower |
| REPTON | School in southern Derbyshire attended by British writer Roald Dahl (6) |
| CARDIFF | Author Roald Dahl was born near which city? (7) |
| DALI | Painter a little like author Roald, some might say? |
| MATILDA | _____ Wormwood, precocious, book-loving girl created by children's author Roald Dahl (7) |
| DEFANG | In a snaky way, take the bite out of writer upset with a supporter of the team with legend (6) |
| BALLPOINT | Type of writer produced opportunity to dance all over the place in front of One Direction? (9) |
| CLERIHEW | Form of comic verse named after the middle name of writer Edmund Bentley (8) |
| IAMBIC | I am a kind of writer - like a measure of a line of verse (6) |
| CLEMENS | Mark Twain was the pen name of writer, Samuel ... |
| NEPHRITIS | Complaint of writer about the British clearing banks (9) |
| CRIB | Steal the work of writer, removing covers (4) |
| OMNIBUS | Collection of works of writer involved in music (7) |
| ASPEN | Tree, in the role of writer |
| TRAVERSAL | Crossing a line in pursuit of writer of farces |
| STEIN | Beer mug that's also the surname of writer, Gertrude |
| NUB | Essence of writer needing change of heart (3) |
