| MOORCOCK | Michael, author of The Final Programme (8) |
| ONDAATJE | Michael -; author of the poetry collection The Cinnamon Peeler and the novel The English Patient (8) |
| CRICHTON | Michael -, author of novels Jurassic Park and Eaters of the Dead (8) |
| MORPURGO | Michael -, author of 1982 children's novel War Horse (8) |
| CONNELLY | Michael, author of detective novels who created Harry Bosch (8) |
| JULIEEGE | Norwegian actress and model who played Miss Dazzle in 1973 sci-fi film The Final Programme |
| FRAYN | Michael -; author of the plays The Two of Us and Noises Off and novels including The Tin Men, Sweet Dreams, Headlong and Spies (5) |
| LEAPMAN | Michael, author of The Book of the British Library (7) |
| EPILOGUE | Final programme (8) |
| EICHMANN | During World War II, who (Adolf ___) was in charge of "the final solution of the Jewish problem"? (8) |
| OVERLORD | Code name of the final plan for the landings in Normandy in 1944 (8) |
| BETATEST | In computing, an external trial of new software to identify bugs prior to release of the final version (4,4) |
| HARBLOCK | Subject of the Final Jeopardy! question that knocked out Ken Jennings after a record 74 wins ... or |
| ROSEN | Michael, author of Sticky McStickstick: The Friend Who Helped Me Walk Again (5) |
| SAM | Who is the only cricketer to win the Player of the Final and Player of the Series award in the same edition? (3,6) |
| CURRAN | Who is the only cricketer to win the Player of the Final and Player of the Series award in the same edition? (3,6) |
| AGENDA | Military commander catches final programme (6) |
| BOND | Michael -; author who wrote the Paddington Bear books (4) |
| PALIN | Michael ---, writer and star of 1982 film comedy The Missionary (5) |
| WORCESTER | Cathedral city on the River Severn; site in 1651 of the final battle of the English Civil War (9) |
