| DETECTIVESTORY | Literary genre often associated with the writer concealed in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| KEEPITBETWEENUS | "Let this be our little secret" ... or a hint to letter sequences hidden in 16-, 32- and 40-Across |
| EUROBEAT | Dance-pop genre often associated with auto racing |
| OTTER | Animal associated with the writers Gavin Maxwell and Henry Williamson |
| BRAVE | Work of author concealed end of novel in daring neologism (5,3,5) |
| NEWWORLD | Work of author concealed end of novel in daring neologism (5,3,5) |
| WESSEX | Part of England associated with the author of The Mayor of Casterbridge and The Return of the Native (6) |
| THREE | With 68- or 69-Across, what 16-, 32-, 42- and 60-Across each consists of |
| BANJO | Which instrument is associated with the author of The Man from Snowy River (1890)? (5) |
| ENMESHED | Got entangled with the writer and a woman in the end (8) |
| AUDEN | Poet who wrote Look, Stranger! and plays with the writer described in 56A (5) |
| HEINOUS | Awful man with the writer? On the contrary, you and me (7) |
| CHAPATTI | Bread and some butter taken in chinwag with the writer |
| FORESTER | The others are in the foreground with the author (8) |
| OHSUSANNA | 1847 Stephen Foster song often associated with the Gold Rush |
| BERET | Headwear often associated with the French |
| OCCULT | Hidden, often associated with the supernatural (6) |
| ENDS | They are often associated with the odds (4) |
| VERMEER | Minister upset as Queen is seen with the writer and painter (7) |
| BRAMSTOKER | Middleman's outside in the morning, on Short Street with the author (4,6) |
