| MARKTWAIN | Pen name of Samuel Clemens who is famous for his book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: 2 wds. |
| HAGEN | Surname of the four Austrian siblings (Lukas, Angelika, Veronika and Clemens) who formed a string quartet in 1981 |
| TWAIN | Mark - - - - -, pen name of Samuel Clemens (5) |
| HUCKLEBERRYFINN | Character created by U.S. writer Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (11,4) |
| THATCHER | Becky, Tom's sweetheart in Mark Twain's book The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer (8) |
| SERENAWILLIAMS | 2003 and 2013 Best Female Athlete ESPY winner who wrote the kids book The Adventures of Qai Qai: 2 wds. |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer who is famous for his work The Pit and the Pendulum: 3 wds. |
| HEMINGWAY | Ernest ___ American novelist who is famous for his novel The Old Man and the Sea |
| EDWARDLEAR | Who is famous for his much-loved nonsense poems, including The Owl and the Pussycat (1871)? (6,4) |
| BUCKHENRYGIBSON | First name is famous for his work behind the camera, last name for his work in front of it |
| CANALETTO | Italian painter born in 1697 who is famous for his scenes of Venice (9) |
| KINGSMITH | Dick ___, children's author noted for his book The Sheep-Pig, later adapted for the film Babe (4,5) |
| 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) |
| SAND | Shlomo **** , historian noted for his book 'The Invention of the Jewish People' (4) |
| ROETHKE | Theodore ___, American poet awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for his book The Waking |
| HERGE | Belgian cartoonist best remembered as the author of the 23 comic books The Adventures of Tin Tin (5) |
| AUDUBON | 19th century US ornithologist famed for his book The Birds of America (7) |
| PRIMOLEVI | Italian chemist and Holocaust survivor noted for his book The Periodic Table (5,4) |
| MORRIS | Desmond, English zoologist and ethologist noted for his book The Naked Ape (6) |
| HUCKLEBERRY | Adventures of ___ Finn satirical novel written by Mark Twain which is a direct sequel to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
