| LERMONTOV | Mikhail ___, 19th-century Russian author of the novel A Hero of Our Time (9) |
| TOLSTOY | Count Leo ___, 19th-century Russian writer (7) |
| GOGOL | Nineteenth century Russian author |
| VLADIMIR | 20th-century Russian author whose novels include Lolita, _ Nabokov (8) |
| ISLANDERS | The -; novel by Nikolai Leskov, Russian author of The Sealed Angel, The Enchanted Wanderer and Lefty (9) |
| READ | Enjoy "A Hero of Our Time" or "The Time of the Hero" |
| GONCHAROV | Russian author of the 1859 novel Oblomov (9) |
| ALEXANDER | Russian author of the Romantic era who wrote Eugene Onegin, _ Pushkin (9) |
| OSTROVSKY | Alexander. Russian author of the play Too Clever By Half (9) |
| BOTVINNIK | Mikhail ___, winner of the World Chess Championship from 1948-57 (9) |
| GORBACHEV | Soviet president awarded the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, Mikhail ___ (9) |
| STAN | Author of the novels A Kind of Loving and The Watchers on the Shore (4,7) |
| ALEC | Author of the novels A Spy in the Family and The Loom of Youth (4,5) |
| BRADFORD | Barbara Taylor --, author of the novel 'A Woman of Substance' (8) |
| EGAN | Jennifer --, author of the novel 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' (4) |
| ALGREN | Nelson, author of the novel A Walk on the Wild Side (6) |
| AGEE | James, author of the novel A Death in the Family (4) |
| DONLEAVY | JP, author of the novel A Fairy Tale Of New York (8) |
| ALAN | Author of the novels A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8) |
| SILLITOE | Author of the novels A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8) |
