| WENTWORTH | Patricia ?, author of 1949 novel The Catherine Wheel and others featuring Miss Maud Silver (9) |
| HIGHSMITH | Patricia ?, author of the novels Ripley Under Ground and Ripley's Game (9) |
| FIREWORKS | Catherine wheels and Roman candles, etc (9) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond ___, author of 1949 novel The Little Sister (8) |
| CORNWELL | Patricia ?, author of novels Body of Evidence and From Potter's Field (8) |
| ALEXANDRIA | Birthplace of the saint for whom the Catherine wheel firework is named (10) |
| BMWS | Frasier's wheels and others |
| THEMOVING | and 16dn, 1942 novel by Agatha Christie featuring Miss Marple |
| BODYINTHE | and 11dn, 18ac, 1942 Agatha Christie story featuring Miss Marple (3,4,2,3,7) |
| RAPEOFTHE | 'The --', poem by Alexander Pope featuring Miss Arabella Fermor (4,2,3) |
| ONTHETURN | Going off like a Catherine wheel? |
| GARDNER | Erle Stanley ?, author of 1937 novel The D. A. Calls It Murder and others featuring Doug Selby |
| MAGRITTE | Belgian Surrealist who painted Golconda, The Mysteries of the Horizon and others featuring bowler hats (8) |
| SNOW | C.P., author of 1949 novel Time of Hope (4) |
| AMBER | After wartime removal and disappearance, reconstruction of the ____ Room in the Catherine Palace, near St Petersburg was completed in 2003 |
| ALGREN | Nelson ___, American writer best known for the 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm |
| NELSONALGREN | American writer best known for the 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm |
| ACARIBBEAN | and 16dn, 1964 Agatha Christie novel featuring Miss Marple (1,9,7) |
| MYSTERY | and 16dn, 1964 Agatha Christie novel featuring Miss Marple (1,9,7) |
| HARPER | 1966 film starring Paul Newman with a screenplay by William Goldman. based on the 1949 novel The Moving Target by Ross Macdonald (6) |
