| OLDERMAN | Madonna posed with one in her book "Sex" |
| ADIPOSE | Fatty Arbuckle initially posed with one in distress (7) |
| SMUT | Madonna's book "Sex," some said |
| HERBPARIS | A woodland plant shown in her book is about the norm |
| IMMERSED | Completely involved, ... in her book |
| ARNDT | Who wrote in her book Private Lives (1986) : "When you combine wife, mother, career and all, each ro |
| SATIRE | Posed with one about to appear in burlesque (6) |
| SATISFACTION | Get compensation, having posed with one small section (12) |
| SATISFACTORY | Posed with one's works, revealed as adequate (12) |
| EGGANDSPOONRACE | Corrupt gang posed with one car for this competition (3-3-5,4) |
| AGATHACHRISTIE | A pistol hit cashier, possibly in her books (6,8) |
| JOYCEWORDS | What Carol Oates used in her books? |
| AYNRAND | Russian-born US writer whose philosophy, 'objectivism', was popularised in her books The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) (3,4) |
| WILSON | Former Children's Laureate noted for tackling tough topics in her books for young readers, including Dustbin Baby and The Illustrated Mum (6) |
| SABRINA | Arabs in bust-up, a big one in her case (7) |
| FEATHER | An achievement to her gets one in her cap |
| HERITRIX | She'll succeed, captivating one in her verbal deceptions |
| HARE | Charter one in her form of it (4) |
| OSMIUM | Big parent, one in her element (6) |
| APE | Jessica Lange befriends a giant one in her first film role |
