| BAINBRIDGE | Liverpudlian author whose novels include The Bottle Factory Outing, Sweet William, A Quiet Life and |
| PINK | A minnow; a coastal fishing boat; a tinkling sound; a chaffinch; the gillyflower allied to the carnation, Cheddar Gorge "firewitch", sweet william and other "flowers of Zeus" in the genus Dianthus or, |
| TROUBLESPOTS | Creates difficulty with jars a don't go there for a quiet life (7,5) |
| SPARK | Author whose novels include The Comforters,The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted into a film with Maggie Smith), The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington and The Finishing School (5) |
| PARR | Word traditionally ascribed to the full moon in April; colour that takes its name from a sweet william-like flower; the chaffinch or its call; or, a name for a minnow or a samlet (4) |
| APPEASER | Program to take pain from running initially? I'll have anything for a quiet life |
| LAWRENCE | Son of a coalminer and a lace-maker, a prolific writer whose novels include The White Peacock, The Rainbow, Women in Love and Lady Chatterley's Lover (8) |
| VEGETATE | Lead a quiet life (8) |
| SETTLEDDOWN | Started living a quiet life (7,4) (7,4) |
| WYNDHAM | John -; author whose novels include The Day of the Triffids and The Midwich Cuckoos (7) |
| FREDERICKFORSYTH | Author whose novels include The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File |
| BRAGG | Melvyn, author and broadcaster whose novels include The Hired Man and A Place In England (5) |
| WOUK | Herman ___, Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose novels include The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War and War and Remembrance |
| WELDON | Fay ___, author whose novels include The Life And Loves Of A She Devil (6) |
| DIANTHUS | Symbolising boldness and meaning "flower of the gods", the genus or Latin name of spicy-clove-scented carnations, pinks and sweet william (8) |
| TRACKOFTHECAT | 1954 film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Robert Mitchum and Teresa Wright |
| OBRIEN | Irish author whose novels include The Country Girls, August Is a Wicked Month and The Light of Evening (1'5) |
| LECARRE | Pen name of the author whose novels include The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2,5) |
| TREVANIAN | Author born Rodney Whitaker whose novels include The Crazyladies of Pearl Street and The Eiger Sanct |
| RAND | Ayn -; Russian-born US author and philosopher whose novels include The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged (4) |
