| ADAMSMITH | Scottish economist and philosopher whose book The Wealth of Nations advocated free trade and private enterprise (4,5) |
| SMITH | Adam, 18th century Scottish economist and philosopher (5) |
| WILDE | Author whose book The Happy Prince and Other Tales contains five stories including The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant (5) |
| GRAHAME | Author whose book The Wind in the Willows was adapted into Toad of Toad Hall by A. A. Milne and a series featuring the voices of David Jason, Michael Hordern and others (7) |
| YEATS | Poet whose book The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems includes The Song of the Happy Shepherd (5) |
| ADAM | 18th-century Scottish economist; author of The Wealth of Nations (4,5) |
| COLLINS | Author of The Woman in White, No Name and Poor Miss Finch whose book The Moonstone is generally regarded as the first detective novel (7) |
| AUGASTINEOFHIPPO | Early Christian theologian and philosopher whose works include The City of God (9,2,5) |
| RAND | Ayn -; Russian-born US author and philosopher whose novels include The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged (4) |
| MURDOCH | Iris _, 20th-century author and philosopher whose works included The Sea, The Sea (1978) |
| AMIS | Martin -; author of The Rachel Papers whose book The Rub of Time includes a tribute to his friend Christopher Hitchens (4) |
| KINGSMITH | Daily Telegraph cryptic crossword-solving author of Country Watch and Pets for Keeps whose book The Sheep-Pig was adapted into the film Babe (4-5) |
| OBAMA | Michelle, former first lady of the U.S. whose book The Light We Carry was published in 2022 (5) |
| CONROY | Pat, U.S. author whose books The Prince Of Tides and The Great Santini were made into films (6) |
| LUCRETIUS | Roman poet and philosopher whose only known work is De rerum natura, translated into English as On the Nature of Things |
| RUSSELL | Bertrand, British philosopher whose books include The Principles Of Mathematics (7) |
| JOHNLAW | Scottish economist who advocated the issue of paper money (4,3) |
| MAYNARD | Middle name of the English economist and philosopher Keynes (7) |
| MAUGHAM | Novelist whose book The Painted Veil was adapted into a film starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts (7) |
| BALLANTYNE | R M ___, Scottish author whose book The Coral Island influenced R L Stevenson's Treasure Island |
