| SHUFTI | Look: his novel includes university paper (6) |
| SMARTEST | It matters to a Southerner to try and look his best (8) |
| THESIS | University paper (6) |
| SEAWAR | Swear novel includes a naval conflict (3,3) |
| THESES | University papers |
| CRONIN | Scottish physician who wrote Hatter's Castle, The Stars Look Down and The Citadel, his novel Country Doctor was adapted into Dr Finlay's Casebook (6) |
| MULISH | Stubborn Greek character goes to lake with his novel (6) |
| MISHAP | Graduate admits his novel has poor introduction and that's an unlucky disaster (6) |
| LAPINE | Fictional language of rabbits, created by Richard Adams for his novel Watership Down (6) |
| STUART | Douglas, Scottish author who won the 2020 Booker Prize for his novel Shuggie Bain (6) |
| PIERRE | DBC, Australian author who won the 2003 Booker Prize for his novel Vernon God Little (6) |
| STYRON | William, U.S. author noted for his novel Sophie's Choice (6) |
| TREVOR | William, Irish novelist and short story writer noted for his novel Fools of Fortune (6) |
| BECKER | Jurek *****, Polish-born author noted for his novel "Jacob the Liar" (6) |
| ERNEST | US writer who travelled frequently to Spain and was a fan of bullfighting which featured in his novel "Death in the Afternoon" (6) |
| CAPOTE | Truman _, US celebrity writer. His novels include In Cold Blood (6) |
| WILBUR | ____ Smith, Zambian-born author noted for his novels chronicling the lives of the Courtney family (6) |
| NARNIA | "Chronicles of ___" - the magical world created by C.S. Lewis in his novels. (6) |
| DENNIS | ____ Lehane, author noted for his novels Mystic River and Shutter Island (6) |
| SPARKS | Many of his novels were made into romantic drama movies |
