| RENDELL | Ruth, novelist who created Inspector Wexford (7) |
| RANKIN | Crime novelist who created Inspector Rebus, Ian _ (6) |
| SIMENON | Georges, Belgian author who created Inspector Maigret (7) |
| CHEYNEY | Peter --, crime novelist who created the character Lemmy Caution (7) |
| TRAVERS | P. L. - - -, Australian-born novelist who created Mary Poppins (7) |
| DICKENS | British novelist who created the character Ebenezer Scrooge (7) |
| FLEMING | Etonian naval intelligence officer turned novelist who created 007; a Scotsman who accidentally disc |
| ANTHONY | 19th Century English novelist who created the fictional county of Barsetshire (7,8) |
| REGATTA | Inspector Wexford attending army race meeting? |
| WALLACE | Novelist who created Ben-Hur |
| PDJAMES | Novelist who created the detective Adam Dalgliesh |
| LSAYERS | Detective novelist who created the aristocratic sleuth, Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy ... (1,6) |
| RUTHRENDELL | Crime novelist who created the fictional detective Chief Inspector Wexford (4,7) |
| COLINDEXTER | English crime writer who created Inspector Morse (5,6) |
| IANRANKIN | Scottish crime writer who created Inspector Rebus (3, 6) |
| IAN | Rankin who created Inspector Rebus |
| DEXTER | Colin ---, English crime writer who created Inspector Morse (6) |
| NGAIO | **** Marsh, crime writer who created Inspector Roderick Alleyn (5) |
| RUTH | British author who created the character of Inspector Wexford, _ Rendell (4) |
| CHARLESDICKENS | English novelist who created the characters Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit (7,7) |
