| BOURINOT | Sir John George __, author of his eponymous Rules of Order, widely used in Canada (1894) (8) |
| BARTHOLOMEW | John George ___ (1860 - 1920), Edinburghborn cartographer (11) |
| KINSEY | Alfred __, author of his eponymous reports on human sexual behaviour (6) |
| PULLMAN | Philip ___ : author of His Dark Materials trilogy (7) |
| MEREDITH | George ___, author of 1859 novel The Ordeal of Richard Feverel (8) |
| HARRISON | George ___, writer of the Beatles song Something (8) |
| NICHOLAS | Forename of Sir Christopher Wren or Sir John Vanbrugh's collaborator known as the "devil's architect" for his use of satanic or pagan symbols (8) |
| FALSTAFF | Character in some of Shakespeare's plays based on Lollard leader Sir John Oldcastle (8) |
| PAULANKA | Johnny Carson's co-writer of his "Tonight Show" theme song |
| BALDUCCI | Magician known for his eponymous levitation? (8) |
| HEIMLICH | American doctor known for his eponymous manoeuvre to stop choking (8) |
| CRIBBAGE | Card game invented by the English poet Sir John Suckling in the early 1600s (8) |
| VANBRUGH | Sir John, English dramatist whose plays include the Restoration comedy The Relapse (8) |
| THEMERRY | Shakespeare comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff, _ _ _ Windsor (3,5,5) |
| GISSING | George ___, author of novels The Nether World and Workers in the Dawn (7) |
| ORWELL | George ___ author of Animal Farm who served in the Home Guard supporting the British Army |
| FOXE | John --, 1516-87, English martyrologist, author of his 'Book of Martyrs' (4) |
| CHAPMAN | George ___, author of 1596 stage drama The Blind Beggar of Alexandria (7) |
| ELIOT | George ___, author of novels The Mill on the Floss and Adam Bede (5) |
| JOHNFINNEMORE | Radio 4 comedian and star of his eponymous Souvenir Programme (4,9) |
