| TOYNBEE | Our writer's first part of 8 short and 24er (7) |
| ANTONIOVIVALDI | Source of 4 25 8 transformed first part of 8 (not a diva) (7,7) |
| OFFTHEMAP | A Bit; collection of eight short stories by The Old Men at the Zoo author Angus WilsonA (3,3,3) |
| JOHNCHEEVER | "The Five-Forty-Eight" short story writer |
| SUBJECT | Part of 8 topic (7) |
| PENSIVE | Being thoughtful, I have put writers first (7) |
| LEARNED | Nonsense writer, first name shortened with 25 (7) |
| DOGSTAR | Part of eight casts shadows over Jack |
| TWINKLE | Indian actress, newspaper columnist, interior designer, film producer and author (First name) |
| GROWNUP | Mature bunch checks writer's first name (5,2) |
| ILLWILL | Lines by the Bard, the writer first to show malice (3-4) |
| IMPREGN | Poet's to make productive politician prevail, putting the writer first |
| GRAHAME | Author first to go on about "a poor player" |
| INDIANA | Part of 8-down shows popular princess (7) |
| ANYTHING | You name it, it's acceptable as part of 8 21 25 (8,4) |
| SERENA | Second part of 8, surprisingly, involves end of Tennessee Williams (6) |
| SIBERIA | Part of 8 Across (7) |
| BLUESKIES | Down with runners fitted with electronic part of 8 21 25 (4,5) |
| DRAKE | Navigator, one at home on second part of 8? (5) |
| SUSPENSE | South American writers first to evoke what Hitchcock wanted? (8) |
