| ERICBLAIR | Real name of the author George Orwell |
| EVANS | Mary Ann ---, real name of the author George Eliot |
| ERIC | Mr. Blair, real name of author George Orwell (4) |
| BLAIR | Eric Arthur _, birth name of author George Orwell (5) |
| PIER | The Road to Wigan ___, 1937 book by British author George Orwell (4) |
| LUTWIDGE | Middle name of Charles Dodgson, the real name of the author Lewis Carroll (8) |
| ADAM | Forename of the carpenter in a novel described as "full of the breath of cows and scent of hay" by its author George Eliot (4) |
| RAMEE | Maria Louise de la ---, real name of the author Ouida (5) |
| DAWKINS | What was the real name of the Artful Dodger, Jack ... (7) |
| CHARLOTTEBRONTE | Real name of the author Currer Bell (9,6) |
| SAMUELCLEMENS | Real name of the author, publisher and lecturer who created Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (6,7) |
| REID | Britt ___, real name of the Green Hornet |
| DESTINYHOPE | ___ Cyrus real name of the singer behind Wrecking Ball: 2 wds. |
| ABEL | Real name of The Weeknd ___ Makkonen Tesfaye |
| MUNROE | Ororo ___ (real name of the X-Men's Storm) |
| MCCOY | Hank ___ (real name of the X-Men's Beast) |
| DODGSON | Charles Lutwidge ___, real name of the writer Lewis Carroll |
| EARL | ___ Simmons, real name of the late rapper DMX |
| POPPINFRESH | Real name of the Pillsbury Doughboy |
| HAL | ___ Jordan, real name of the Green Lantern |