| EDGEWORTH | Maria -, Irish author of 1800 novel Castle Rackrent |
| MARIAEDGEWORTH | Author of the 1800 novel, Castle Rackrent (5,9) |
| MONSARRAT | Nicholas ___, author of novels Castle Garac and The White Rajah (9) |
| MARIA | Anglo-Irish author of novels including Castle Rackrent (1800) and The Absentee (1812) (5) |
| GOLDSMITH | Oliver, Irish author of She Stoops to Conquer (9) |
| JOYCECARY | Irish author of The Horse's Mouth |
| DONNBYRNE | Brian Oswald ?, New York-born Irish author of novels Messer Marco Polo and The Wind Bloweth |
| CASTLERACKRENT | 1800 novel by Maria Edgeworth narrated by Thady Quirk |
| CASTLE | 1800 novel by Maria Edgeworth narrated by Thady Quirk (6,8) |
| RACKRENT | 1800 novel by Maria Edgeworth narrated by Thady Quirk (6,8) |
| HOHENLINDEN | Battle of -, 1800 conflict of the French Revolutionary Wars that took place east of Munich and resulted in victory for France over Austria and its allies (11) |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | Irish author of works including The Vicar of Wakefield (novel, 1766) and She Stoops to Conquer (play, 1773) (6,9) |
| MARENGO | Site of 1800 battle in north-west Italy (7) |
| COLUMBIA | Old Irish author of the roads finds Irish food in South America (8) |
| OFAOLAIN | Sean, Irish author of 1940 novel Come back to Erin (1'7) |
| PAUL | Czar of 1800 |
| OBRIEN | Irish author of The Country Girls, Wild Decembers and The Light of Evening (1'5) |
| BINCHY | Irish author of novels including Light a Penny Candle and Circle of Friends (6) |
| BEHAN | Brendan ___, Irish author of works including The Quare Fellow (play, 1956) and Borstal Boy (novel, 1958) (5) |
| TREVOR | Irish author of novels including The Old Boys, The Boarding House and The Children of Dynmouth (6) |
