| SMILES | Samuel ___, Scottish Victorian author noted for his book Self-Help that promoted thrift (6) |
| GEORGEMACDONALD | Scottish Victorian author of The Princess and the Goblin (6,9) |
| HOW | ___-to book (self-helper's read) |
| ICEBUCKET | ___ Challenge (2014 meme that promoted awareness of Lou Gehrig's Disease) |
| ATOMICENERGYACT | Legislation that promoted peaceful uses of nuclear resources |
| BRAINE | John, English novelist noted for his book Room at the Top published in 1957 (6) |
| MORRIS | Desmond, English zoologist and ethologist noted for his book The Naked Ape (6) |
| THANKS | VAT on hotel from first of September? That's a great help, that is! (6) |
| BEETON | Victorian author of a book on household management and cookery featuring some 900 recipes including those for pastries, pickles, pies, poultry and puddings (6) |
| ALBANY | Antiquarian remembered for his book titled Brief Lives based on the lives of eminent people of the 1 |
| UNPAID | United Nations gentle help that is outstanding (6) |
| ASHLEY | Sailor Clifford known for his book of knots |
| ARTHUR | Victorian author who created the Sherlock Holmes stories (6,5,5) |
| DARWIN | Charles ****** . Victorian author on evolution (6) |
| SCHOTT | British writer Ben known for his books of "Miscellany" |
| LYTTON | Victorian author's only novel, about abstainer (6) |
| READER | Victorian author's given queen an academic book |
| BORROW | What one may do at the library with the works of a Victorian author? |
| RUSKIN | John -, Victorian author, poet and artist |
| GEORGE | --- Eliot, Victorian author |
