| XIMENES | Pseudonym of the crossword compiler Derrick Somerset Macnutt (1902-1971) |
| UPSANDDOWNS | Vicissitudes of the crossword compiler? (3,3,5) |
| ARAUCARIA | Pseudonym of the crossword setter John Graham (9) |
| SWORDS | Part of the armoury of the crossword setter? |
| MARKTWAIN | Pseudonym of the US author of the 1881 historical novel The Prince and the Pauper (4,5) |
| UPPERHALF | The main part of the crossword where this answer lies |
| LOWERHALF | The main part of the crossword where this answer lies |
| WORDPLAY | Baffling case of woeful parody -art of the crossword? (8) |
| REDSETTER | Barker, the crossword compiler for Pravda! (3,6) |
| ACROSSANDDOWN | How the crossword compiler's pen goes when writing a seven! (6,3,4) |
| AFRIT | The pseudonym of the pioneering crossword setter Prebendary A. F. Ritchie (5) |
| EUSTACHE | ___ Dauger, pseudonym of the unidentified prisoner known as 'The Man in the Iron Mask' |
| SNOGGER | Coming from a 19th century synonym for "corker" or "you beaut", what is the name of the crossword puzzle publisher founded in Port Elliot in 1989? (7) |
| THEME | Subject: "The Crossword Compiler" (5) |
| WYNNE | Arthur ___, inventor of the crossword puzzle |
| ENLIGHTEN | Teach two nurses to take on part of the crossword (9) |
| DOWNRIGHT | Complete one half of the crossword without a mistake (9) |
| DOWNS | Swallows about half of the crossword clues (5) |
| ASUS | Maker of the crossword-friendly Eee notebook |
| ILF | What was the pseudonym of the Russian writer who, with Petrov, wrote the 1928 popular satirical nove |
