| JAMESHOGG | Scottish poet and writer known as the "Ettrick Shepherd", whose works included The Queen's Wake (1813) |
| HOGG | Scottish poet known as the Ettrick Shepherd whose aptitude for writing was discovered by Sir Walter Scott (4) |
| JACKHOUSE | Scottish journalist and writer known as Mr Glasgow (4,5) |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias ---, 18th Century Scottish poet and author known for novels such as The Adventures Of Roderick Random (8) |
| ROBERTGRAVES | British poet and author, known for works such 'I, Claudius' and 'Goodbye to all that', who lived in DeA-a, Mallorca from 1929 to 1936 and 1946 until his death in 1985 (6,6) |
| SID | Sports commentator and author known as the Voice of Darts who died in 2012 (3,7) |
| WADDELL | Sports commentator and author known as the Voice of Darts who died in 2012 (7) |
| ALBANMOYES | Which cricket radio commentator and author, known as Johnny, was selected for the Australian Test te |
| HOGGART | Skill of the Ettrick Shepherd? His literacy had its uses (7) |
| HOGGISH | Gluttonous like the Ettrick Shepherd? |
| CHRISTIE | Best-selling author known as the Queen of Crime whose former holiday home Greenway on the River Dart is now owned by the National Trust (8) |
| PLINY | Roman author known as the Elder who died as a result of the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD |
| ARBUTHNOT | John ___, Scottish physician and writer known for a 1712 satirical pamphlet featuring the character John Bull (9) |
| MENCKEN | Writer known as "The Sage of Baltimore" |
| EMERSON | Writer known as "The Sage of Concord" |
| HLMENCKEN | American writer known as the "Sage of Baltimore" |
| NGAIOMARSH | NZ writer known as one of the "Queens of Crime", Dame ... (5,5) |
| MARSH | Ngaio _; New Zealand writer known as one of the queens of crime (5) |
| SELKIRK | Former royal burgh in the Borders (pop about 6,000), on the Ettrick Water (7) |
| RAMSAY | Author of the Scots pastoral comedy The Gentle Shepherd, whose son was principal painter to George III and penned A Dialogue on Taste (6) |
