| SPILLANE | Mickey, author of the novels I, the Jury and The Erection Set (8) |
| ROBERTGRAVES | Author of the novels I, Claudius and Count Belisarius (6,6) |
| STEVEMARTINI | Author of "The Jury" and "The Arraignment" |
| MIKEHAMMER | Which private eye first appeared in Mickey Spillane's novel I, the Jury in 1947? (4,6) |
| OMEGAMAN | The ___ ___, 1971 film starring Charlton Heston, based on the novel I Am Legend by Richard Matheson |
| NOGOAREA | Part of a city that is inaccessible through, say, the erection of barricades (2-2,4) |
| NEOPHOBE | Hope one's somehow done with book - the novel I detest |
| HAMMER | Mike ___, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick (6) |
| MATHESON | Richard, U.S. fantasy and horror author noted for his 1954 novel I Am Legend (8) |
| BIGMOUTH | Novel I bought full of principally malicious gossip (8) |
| SMITH | Author of novels I Capture the Castle and The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5) |
| CLARISSA | Long novel I read initially back in first school group? (8) |
| ALLISON | and 16dn, Author of novels I Think I Love You and How Hard Can It Be? |
| CONSIDER | Think about novel I scorned (8) |
| RADIANCE | Novel I can read, with brightness (8) |
| CHRISTIE | Novelist displaying range, putting character from best-seller in novel I hate |
| ANGRYPENGUINS | What was the name of the influential journal that was founded in Adelaide, named by Jury and edited by Harris, until a hoax and subsequent court case saw its demise? (5,8) |
| PEARSON | see 24ac, Author of novels I Think I Love You and How Hard Can It Be? |
| APPENDIX | Extra bit from novel I quietly expand |
| INTREPID | Novel I printed, being very daring |
