| DIARIST | Samuel Pepys, notably |
| DIARY | Notably written by Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn and Anne Frank, a book for journalling and recording dates (5) |
| ANAGE | "What ___ is this" (Samuel Pepys) |
| DIARISTS | Anne Frank and Samuel Pepys |
| SOTOBED | Closing coined by Samuel Pepys |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| ANDSOTOBED | With what phrase did Samuel Pepys often finish a diary entry? (3,2,2,3) |
| 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) |
| TOMALIN | Claire, winner of the 2002 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self (7) |
| SOTO | "And ___ bed" (Pepys phrase) |
| BED | Pepys' destination |
| SAML | Pepys, briefly |
| SAMUEL | Pickwick or pepys |
