| CHARTERIS | Leslie ___, Singapore-born British novelist who created the character Simon Templar, known as The Saint |
| DICKENS | British novelist who created the character Ebenezer Scrooge (7) |
| LAM | Nancy _, Singapore-born celebrity chef (3) |
| MAE | Award-winning Singapore-born British violinist, Vanessa --- (3) |
| SLING | Gin-___ - Singapore one? (5) |
| JAMES | US-born British novelist who wrote books including The Portrait of a Lady, What Maisie Knew, The Wings of the Dove and The Golden Bowl (5) |
| ELIASCANETTI | Bulgarian-born British novelist who wrote in German, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1981 (5,7) |
| NAIPAUL | V. S., Trinidadian-born British novelist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001 (7) |
| SAINT | What name is taken by the fictional character Simon Templar? (5) |
| THESAINT | Nickname of the fictional character, Simon Templar (3,5) |
| KAZUOISHIGURO | Japanese-born British novelist whose novels include the Booker-prize-winning The Remains of the Day |
| WHITE | T. H. ___ (1906-64), Indian-born British novelist best known for the Arthurian tetralogy The Once and Future King (5) |
| NICKKROLL | Big Mouth actor who plays recurring character Simon the Devious in What We Do in the Shadows: 2 wds. |
| RUTHMACKENZIE | Who left the position of Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival to take up a position in the SA Government, making way for Brett Sheehy to step into the post as 2025 Director? (4,9) |
| MAUGHAM | British novelist who wrote The Moon and Sixpence and The Painted Veil (7) |
| MARINE | The SA Weather Service underreported the boiling steam coming off the ocean which dumped rain on KZN and the EC, calling it ... air. (6) |
| HUGHWALPOLE | New Zealand-born British novelist best known for The Herries Chronicle |
| ORCZY | Baroness ___, Hungarian-born British novelist best known for The Scarlet Pimpernel |
| DORISLESSING | Iranian-born British novelist awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,7) |
| LESSONG | Iranian-born British novelist awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,7) |
