| IONESCO | Playwright who wrote The Bald Prima Donna (7) |
| EUGENEIONESCO | Romanian-French dramatist associated with the Theatre of the Absurd; The Bald Prima Donna (1950) (6,7) |
| BENNETT | Actor, author and playwright who wrote the screenplay to the film based on his life The Lady in the Van (7) |
| LENNART | Isobel ******* , playwright who wrote the book for the musical 'Funny Girl' (7) |
| HAMPTON | Playwright who wrote the screenplays for Dangerous Liaisons and Atonement (7) |
| GOLDMAN | American novelist and playwright who wrote The Princess Bride screenplay, William ___ |
| SOPRANO | Ionesco's The Bald ___ (7) |
| AIRLESS | The bald cockney is stuffy (7) |
| BRECHT | Bertolt, the German playwright who wrote the text of The Threepenny Opera (6) |
| BRECHTIAN | Suggestive of the style of the playwright who wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle (9) |
| SORKIN | Aaron, playwright who wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film The Social Network (6) |
| PINTER | Harold ****** , playwright who wrote the screenplay for the 1963 film 'The Servant' (6) |
| NEILSIMON | US playwright who wrote the comedies The Sunshine Boys and The Odd Couple (4,5) |
| SEAN | Irish playwright who wrote "The Shadow of a Gunman" |
| GENET | French playwright who wrote "The Balcony" |
| GALSWORTHY | John ---, English novelist and playwright who wrote The Forsyte Saga (10) |
| SHERIDAN | Playwright who wrote The Rivals |
| MAXWELLANDERSON | Playwright who wrote "The Bad Seed" |
| ALBEE | Edward _(1928 - 2016), American playwright who wrote The Zoo Story (1958) (5) |
| SEANOCASEY | Irish playwright who wrote "The Shadow of a Gunman" |