| BLACKMORE | R. D. ___, English author best known for the 1869 romantic novel Lorna Doone (9) |
| LORNA | ___ Doone: an 1869 romantic novel by RD Blackmore, based around Exmoor (5) |
| READE | Charles ___, English author best known for the historical romance The Cloister and the Hearth (1861) (5) |
| BUCKERIDGE | Anthony _, English author best known for his Jennings books (10) |
| HOLTBY | Winifred ___, English writer best known for her novel South Riding (6) |
| MASEFIELD | John ---, English writer best known for his poems of the sea (9) |
| LAURIELEE | English writer best known for Cider with Rosie (6,3) |
| CHARLES | English author best known for the 1861 historical novel The Cloister and the Hearth (7) |
| ROCHESTER | List covering revolutionary character in romantic novel (9) |
| RIDD | John -, character in 1869 R D Blackmore novel Lorna Doone (4) |
| NICHOLAS | English author best known for his 1995 debut novel The Horse Whisperer (8,5) |
| EVANS | English author best known for his 1995 debut novel The Horse Whisperer (8,5) |
| RUTHRENDELL | English author best known for the 24-novel Inspector Wexford series, published from 1964 to 2013 (4,7) |
| ANTHONYTROLLOPE | 19th-century English author best known for the novels of the Barsetshire and Palliser series (7,8) |
| EMDELAFIELD | English author best known for her Diary of a Provincial Lady (1,1,9) |
| WALTERDELAMARE | English author best known for his poem The Listeners (62.2.4) |
| IZAAKWALTON | English writer best known as the author of The Compleat Angler |
| ANTHONYBUCKERIDGE | English author, best known for his Jennings series of children's books |
| STELLAGIBBONS | English writer best known for the novel Cold Comfort Farm |
| JOHNRIDD | Hero of the novel Lorna Doone (4,4) |
