| AJCRONIN | Scottish novelist, author of The Citadel (1,1,6) |
| STEVENSON | 19th Century Scottish novelist, author of Treasure Island and Kidnapped (9) |
| MCCARTHY | Mary --, American novelist, author of 'The Groves of Academe' (8) |
| KAVANAGH | Patrick --, Irish poet and novelist, author of the poem "The Great Hunger" (8) |
| HOSSEINI | Afghan-American novelist, author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| MEREDITH | George _; English poet and novelist, author of Modern Love (8) |
| READE | English novelist, author of 'The Cloister and the Hearth' (5) |
| WHARTON | American novelist, author of The Age of Innocence, d. 1937 (7) |
| STERNE | Irish-born novelist, author of 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy' (6) |
| JOHNDOSPASSOS | US novelist, author of the trilogy USA (1930-36) |
| OBRIEN | Edna ___, Irish novelist, author of The Country Girls (6) |
| AMBLER | English novelist, writer of the Mask of Dimitrios (1939) |
| JOHNBARTH | An American novelist, author of "The Floating Opera" and "Giles Goat-Boy" |
| EMILEZOLA | French novelist, writer of the 1898 open letter 'J'accuse, ... ' (5,4) |
| CRONIN | Surname of the Scots novelist of 'The Citadel' (1937) (6) |
| NEVILSHUTE | English novelist, author of 'On the Beach' (5,5) |
| DONAT | Robert of 'The Citadel' |
| VMI | Rival schl. of The Citadel |
| TAD | A small part of the citadel (3) |
| ELDEST | Most ancient part of the citadel destroyed (6) |
