| BOVA | Sci-fi author and former Omni editor Ben |
| BRADLEE | Longtime Washington Post editor Ben ___ |
| ROBARDS | Jason, US actor who played Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee in the 1976 film All the President's Men (7) |
| OKRENT | Author and former New York Times public editor Daniel |
| ARCHER | Jeffrey - - -, British author and former MP, whose novels include Kane And Abel (6) |
| AGEE | Author and former CIA agent Philip |
| OBAMA | Becoming author (and former First Lady) Michelle |
| MAYA | - Moss, author and former model (4) |
| ABRAMS | Author and former Georgia State Representative Stacey |
| EDWINA | __ Currie, author and former health minister in the Thatcher government (6) |
| HINEMOA | ... Elder, psychiatrist, author and former TV presenter (7) |
| SOPHIEDAHL | English author and former fashion model (6,4) |
| STELLA | ____ Rimington, author and former Director General of MI5 (6) |
| MOSS | Tara -, author and former model (4) |
| DAHL | Author and former model, Sophie _ (4) |
| ROBSON | Eric, author and former host of radio's Gardener's Question Time (6) |
| MARYBERRY | Food writer and former Bake Off judge (4,5) |
| SELF | Small QI researcher identifies writer and former Shooting Stars regular Will (4) |
| ROALDDAHL | Writer grandfather of writer and former model Sophie (5,4) |
| BUS | A passenger coach or double-decker for omni "all"; or, an aircraft or car that is generally old and shaky and perhaps used for a long haul (3) |
