| CLAUSEWITZ | Prussian author of "On War" |
| HOFFMANN | The 1892 ballet at #53-Down is inspired by an 1816 tale by this Prussian writer, E.T.A. ___ (b.1776 - d.1822) |
| DARWIN | Author of On the Origin of Species whose Galapagos finches collected on his second voyage of HMS Beagle were identified by ornithological artist John Gould (6) |
| CARLVON | and 6dn, Prussian general; author of the unfinished On War, a work on military strategy (4,3,10) |
| CHARLESDARWIN | Author of On the Origin of Species (7,6) |
| MAO | Leader who was the author of "On Protracted War" |
| TROUBLESHUTE | Vex the author of "On the Beach"? |
| KEROUAC | Jack, author of On The Road (1957) |
| NEVILSHUTE | English novelist, author of 'On the Beach' (5,5) |
| MCEWAN | Ian _; British author of On Chesil Beach (6) |
| OCEAN | ____ Vuong, author of "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" |
| SHUTE | Nevil, author of On the Beach (5) |
| SPARTA | City-state of ancient Greece, which focused on war and diplomacy at the expense of arts and philosophy (6) |
| CHAINREACTION | Inevitable consequences of article in prominent feature on war? |
| THEATRE | Leader of troops following articles on war zone (7) |
| FAULKS | Sebastian ?, author of On Green Dolphin Street and Human Traces |
| REES | Author of On the Future who is the UK's Astronomer Royal (4) |
| CICERO | Roman writer of "On the Republic" |
| ERLE | __ Stanley Gardner, writer of "On the Poison Trail" |
| DONMARWAREHOUSE | London theatre put on War Horse outside in front of audience |
