| EDDISON | Paul - - - , RW contributor who wrote about the rise of Thibaud Flament (7) |
| WELLS | Author, "H G", who wrote about the rise of machines in his iconic novel The War of the Worlds (5) |
| THIBAUD | - - - Flament, France lock at Toulouse who played club rugby in Belgium (7) |
| GRAHAME | Novelist who wrote about the adventures of Ratty, Mole, Badger and Mr Toad in the classic family favourite The Wind in the Willows (7) |
| RANSOME | Author who wrote about the holiday sailing adventures of a group of children in his Swallows and Amazons series of 12 books (7) |
| TACITUS | Roman senator and historian, born 55AD, who wrote about the reigns of Tiberius, Claudius and Nero (7) |
| TITHERS | Contributors who support the church by a part of one's income (7) |
| AMERICA | "___ is a country of young men" - RW Emerson, 1870 (7) |
| TOWERED | Ed wrote about the way it stood on high (7) |
| VANDERPOST | A godfather of Prince William who wrote about the plight of the South African bushmen in his book The Lost World of the Kalahari (3,3,4) |
| REGARD | Care about the rise of American influence (6) |
| ANNA | Classic book author's 12-month record about the rise of a Sussex town (4,6) |
| SEWELL | Classic book author's 12-month record about the rise of a Sussex town (4,6) |
| RABBINIST | One teaches Jews to go on about the rise of wickedness |
| ARDENT | Passionate about the rise of Flanders in painting (6) |
| WOLFHALL | Hilary Mantel novel about the rise of Thomas Cromwell |
| TWAIN | Pen name of the novelist who wrote about the adventures of characters Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer (5) |
| ALLINGHAM | Author who wrote about the fictional sleuth Albert Campion in her novels including Tiger in the Smoke, The Beckoning Lady and The Mind Readers (9) |
| TOLKIEN | Not like the author who wrote about the ring (7) |
| NELLYSACHS | 1966 Swedish Literature Nobelist who wrote about the struggles of the Jewish people |
