| JAN | Pen name of the poet and novelist famous for Mrs Miniver (3,8) |
| STRUTHER | Pen name of the poet and novelist famous for Mrs Miniver (3,8) |
| ANATOLE | Pen name of the French novelist famous for the Crime of Sylvester Bonnard, Thais, etc. (7,6) |
| FRANCE | Pen name of the French novelist famous for the Crime of Sylvester Bonnard, Thais, etc. (7,6) |
| IBANEZ | Surname of the Spanish novelist famous for The Four Horsemen Of The Apocalypse (6) |
| ELIOT | Surname of the poet and critic famous for Murder In The Cathedral, The Cocktail Party, etc. (5) |
| GEORGEELIOT | One of several kings followed by poet and novelist (6,5) |
| OPERATE | It's the era of the poet and what they do in the theatre (7) |
| WREN | Surname of the novelist famous for Beau Geste and other novels (4) |
| SYLVIAPLATH | American poet and novelist who married Ted Hughes in 1956 (6,5) |
| EVOE | Pseudonym of the poet and satirist E V Knox, editor of Punch, 1932-1949 |
| ESSAYIST | Turns out the little sister of the poet and painter here wrote many academic pieces. (8) |
| THOMASHARDY | English poet and novelist |
| LESLIE | Novelist famous for books of "the Saint" (6,9) |
| CHARTERIS | Novelist famous for books of "the Saint" (6,9) |
| ERIC | Novelist famous for The Mask Of Dimitrios, Journey Into Fear, etc (4,6) |
| AMBLER | Novelist famous for The Mask Of Dimitrios, Journey Into Fear, etc (4,6) |
| SIR | Novelist famous for Mr. Perrin And Mr. Traill, The Herries Chronicles, etc. (3,4,7) |
| HUGH | Novelist famous for Mr. Perrin And Mr. Traill, The Herries Chronicles, etc. (3,4,7) |
| WALPOLE | Novelist famous for Mr. Perrin And Mr. Traill, The Herries Chronicles, etc. (3,4,7) |
