| GALBRAITH | Pen name of the author who wrote The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and, most recently, Career of Ev |
| ROWLING | Author who wrote the Cormoran Strike trilogy comprising The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil under the pen name of Robert Galbraith (7) |
| ELMOHAMADY | Egyptian defensive player and member of the Egyptian national team who played for the Premier League clubs Sunderland, Hull City, and, most recently, Aston Villa. (10) |
| AAISH | Moroccan-born striker who played for the Bahraini national team in the 2006 and 2010 World Cup tournaments and most recently for Al-Riffa SC. (5) |
| THAISILK | Fiber produced by silkworms and sourced from neighbour of Cambodia |
| ATLAS | Name carried by a 'Royal Scot' and an 18 across, and most recently by Class 47 No. 47626 (5) |
| EDITH | Forename of the author who wrote The Railway Children, The Story of the Treasure Seekers and also the Psammead that includes The Story of the Amulet (5) |
| TEY | Pen name of the author who wrote the Inspector Alan Grant novels including A Shilling for Candles and The Daughter of Time (3) |
| ELIOT | Pen name of the author who wrote The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch (5) |
| CARROLL | Pen name of the author who wrote about characters including Alice, Dinah, the Mad Hatter and the March Hare (7) |
| CHILD | Pen name of the author who wrote the Jack Reacher series of novels including Killing Floor, Tripwire, One Shot, A Wanted Man and Night School (5) |
| PETERS | Pen name of the author who wrote the Cadfael Chronicles based on a fictional mystery-solving medieval Welsh Benedictine monk, apothecary and herbalist of Shrewsbury Abbey (6) |
| IRIS | Flower in a family that includes crocuses, freesias, gladioli; or, the first name of the author who wrote The Sea, The Sea (4) |
| COOLIDGE | Pen name of the author who wrote What Katy Did and its sequels (8) |
| TWAIN | Mark -; pen name of the author who wrote about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (5) |
| NGAIO | First name of the author who wrote the Roderick Alleyn mysteries including Vintage Murder and Final Curtain (5) |
| WESLEY | Pen name of the author who wrote The Camomile Lawn (6) |
| ROBERTGALBRAITH | Pen name of the female author of "The Cuckoo's Calling" |
| MAYA | First name of the author who wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (4) |
| LYTTON | Bulwer--; surname of the author who coined the phrases including "the great unwashed" and "the pen i |
