| ELOHIST | One of the five purported authors of the Pentateuch (7) |
| YAHWIST | The conjectured author or authors of the earliest of four main sources of which the Pentateuch is composed |
| EGOTIST | Postulated writer or writers of part of the Pentateuch, typically distinguished from the Yahwist of biblical studies (7) |
| NUMBERS | Old Testament book, part of the Pentateuch (7) |
| WRITERS | Could they be authors of 'The Wraith' and 'The Phantom Spirit'? (5,7) |
| ESSENES | An ancient Jewish sect thought to be the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls (7) |
| PBYUILL | Pseudonym of writing duo Gordon Williams and Terry Venables, authors of 1974 novel Hazell Plays Solo |
| BOOKOFNUMBERS | Fourth part of the Pentateuch, with "The" |
| EMER | ____ McLysaght: one of the co-authors of the Aisling novels. (4) |
| JAY | One of the three authors of the Federalist Papers |
| DEUT | Fifth book of the Pentateuch: abbr. |
| CARTLAND | One of the most successful authors of the 20th century who wrote more than 700 books (8) |
| GREENE | English writer, 1904-1991, regarded as one of the greatest authors of the 20th Century (6) |
| TORAHS | Scrolls of the Pentateuch |
| LEV | Part of the Pentateuch: Abbr. |
| DEUTERONOMY | Fifth book of the Pentateuch |
| TORAH | Another name for the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Old Testament (5) |
| GHOST | Could they be authors of The Wraith and The Phantom Spirit? (5,7) |
| GROSSMITH | George and Weedon, authors of the novel The Diary of a Nobody (9) |
| KEENE | Writer Carolyn, the pen name of more than 10 authors of the Nancy Drew series |
