| MORPURGO | Michael ?, author of 1982 children's novel War Horse |
| WALKER | Alice ?, author of 1982 novel The Color Purple |
| MICHAELMORPURGO | Former Children's Laureate who wrote the 1982 novel War Horse (7,8) |
| CRICHTON | Michael ?, author of novels Jurassic Park and Eaters of the Dead |
| ONDAATJE | Michael ?, author of novels Anil's Ghost and In the Skin of a Lion |
| FRAYN | Michael ?, author of the stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off (5) |
| ROSEN | Michael ---, author of 2018 children's novel Unexpected Twist (5) |
| MOORCOCK | Michael, author of the science fiction novel The Final Programme (8) |
| LEAPMAN | Michael, author of The Book of the British Library (7) |
| CONNELLY | Michael, author of detective novels who created Harry Bosch (8) |
| JOHNWAIN | Author of 1982 Whitbread Prize-winning novel Young Shoulders (4,4) |
| MAEVE | Author of 1982 novel Light a Penny Candle (5) |
| BINCHY | Author of 1982 novel Light a Penny Candle (6) |
| TOLSTOY | Leo --, author of the novel 'War and Peace' (7) |
| PALIN | Michael ?, writer and star of 1982 film comedy The Missionary (5) |
| CROSS | Author of the 1982 children's book The Demon Headmaster, Gillian _ (5) |
| WORLDS | Classic novel, War of the -- (6) |
| PEACE | Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's monumental novel War and _ (5) |
| AND | Tolstoy novel, War - Peace (3) |
| HEADMASTER | 1982 children's book by Gillian Cross (3,5,10) |
