| GODWIN | Philosopher and novelist who was the father of Mary Shelley (6) |
| JOACHIM | The father of Mary, mother of Jesus, in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican traditions (7) |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul -; existentialist philosopher and novelist who wrote Nausea and The Roads to Freedom series including The Age of Reason (6) |
| ORWELL | Journalist and novelist who was born Eric Blair (6,6) |
| GEORGE | Journalist and novelist who was born Eric Blair (6,6) |
| ECLAIR | Jenny, comedian and novelist who was part of TV's Grumpy Old Women (6) |
| URANUS | Greek god of the skies who was the father of the Titans (6) |
| JAMESI | Father of Mary Queen of Scots (5,1) |
| JETHRO | In the Old Testament. a Midianite priest who was the father-in-law of Moses (6) |
| AUSTEN | Jane, English novelist who was buried in Winchester Cathedral in 1817 (6) |
| AGENOR | In Greek mythology, a Phoenician king of Tyre who was the father of Europa |
| CRONUS | Titan in Greek mythology who was the father of Zeus (6) |
| EUCLID | Who was the "Father of Geometry"? (6) |
| KRONOS | Titan in Greek mythology who was the father of Zeus (6) |
| NATION | Terry ___, Welsh screenwriter and novelist who created the Daleks in Doctor Who |
| PAGNOL | Marcel - - -, French dramatist, filmmaker and novelist who wrote Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources (6) |
| GOETHE | Johann Wolfgang von -; German poet, playwright and novelist who wrote Faust (6) |
| SYLVIA | Tragic poet and novelist who wrote The Bell Jar, ... Plath |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | French philosopher and novelist who declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 (4-4,6) |
| JACOB | In the Old Testament, the son of Isaac who was the father of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (5) |
