| DIARIST | Samuel Pepys, for example |
| DIARISTS | Nin and Pepys, for two |
| DIREST | Pepys, for one, is said to be the worst (6) |
| DIARY | Notably written by Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn and Anne Frank, a book for journalling and recording dates (5) |
| CHEESE | Among the belongings rescued by Samuel Pepys during the Great Fire of London, dairy food once measured in weys, used for rarebit, fondue or ploughman's lunches (6) |
| TOMALIN | Claire, winner of the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (7) |
| ANAGE | "What ___ is this" (Samuel Pepys) |
| SOTOBED | Closing coined by Samuel Pepys |
| ANDSOTOBED | Turning-in phrase popularized by diarist Samuel Pepys |
| ANDSO | Samuel Pepys: "___ to bed" |
| TOBED | Samuel Pepys typically finished his diary entries with the phrase "And so __ ___". (2,3) |
| NELL | "Pretty, witty ___" (Charles II's mistress, per Samuel Pepys) |
| CLAIRE | Acclaimed biographer of Samuel Pepys, Jane Austen and Mary Wollstonecraft. (6,7) |
| TEA | Beverage derived from a species of camellia, described in a diary entry by Samuel Pepys believed to be one of Britain's first references to such a drink (3) |
| EVELYN | Arboriculturist and bibliophile who wrote the discourse on trees Sylva, an early work on air pollution Fumifugium and a diary that rivalled that of his friend Samuel Pepys (6) |
| HARWICH | Parliamentary constituency once represented by diarist Samuel Pepys (7) |
| GREATFIREOFLONDON | Event during which Samuel Pepys buried his Parmesan cheese (5,4,2,6) |
| PARMESAN | Type of cheese which Samuel Pepys buried in his garden during the Great Fire of London (8) |
| STIPENDIARY | Way I emulate Pepys, and I'm paid for my work |
| DAIRYMEN | John Evelyn and Pepys? One's stepping up for farmers |
