| HITCHENS | Peter ---, writer who was awarded the Orwell Prize for journalism in 2010 (8) |
| PULITZER | Joseph, newspaper publisher who established prizes for journalism, literature and musical composition (8) |
| USTINOV | Peter, writer/actor who played Hercule Poirot in the 1978 film Death on the Nile (7) |
| ACKROYD | Peter ---, writer of a 2000 "biography" of London |
| ISHIGURO | Kazuo, writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2017 (8) |
| BOBDYLAN | Blowin' in the Wind singer-songwriter who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 2016: 2 wds. |
| GORDIMER | My Son's Story writer Nadine ___ who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 1991 |
| WILLIAMFAULKNER | U.S. writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1949 (7,8) |
| NEWSHOLE | Space in a paper available for journalism instead of ads |
| BENCHLEY | Peter, author of the novel Jaws on which the 1975 blockbuster film was based (8) |
| KNUTHAMSUN | Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920 (4,6) |
| CAMUS | Albert ___ (1913 60, French writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 (5) |
| VOLTAIRE | French writer who was a leading figure of the Enlightenment (8) |
| BEECHISG | LGBT campaigner who was awarded the Thomas Cranmer Award for worship, Vicky |
| MUHAMMAD | ___ Ali former professional boxer who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005 |
| MAGELLAN | Maddy, writer who was Jonathan Creek's first sidekick, played by Caroline Quentin (8) |
| JEANKING | Billie ___ former World No. 1 professional tennis player who was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009: 2 wds. |
| ISABELALLENDE | Chilean-American writer who was awarded the 2014 Presidential Medal of Freedom: 2 wds. |
| TASMA | What was the pen name of Jessie Couvreur, an Australian-born writer known for her novels and journalism in the 19th century? (5) |
| WALKER | Alice -; author who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her 1982 epistolary novel The Color Purple (6) |
