| LEATHER | Stephen -, author of the novels Dead Men and Hot Blood (7) |
| HAWKING | Stephen ......., author of A Brief History Of Time (7) |
| WOOLF | Nee Adeline Virginia Stephen, author of the essay A Room of One's Own as well as novels including To the Lighthouse and The Waves (5) |
| FRANCIS | Dick, author of 1962 novel Dead Cert (7) |
| ILES | Greg ___, author of the novels Dead Sleep and Sleep No More (4) |
| GELLER | Uri, author of the novels Dead Cold and Ella (6) |
| AMENDED | Corrected the condition of dead men? (7) |
| FRY | Stephen, author of the 1991 novel The Liar (3) |
| CRANE | Stephen, author of The Red Badge of Courage (5) |
| NOTALES | Johnny Depp stars as Captain Jack Sparrow in the sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell ___ (2,5) |
| INSPIRE | Give rise to pub's pile of dead men, say (7) |
| BOTTLES | Those emptily referred to as the dead men? (7) |
| GOGOL | Russian author of the novel Dead Souls (5) |
| BENET | Stephen, writer of the 1928 epic poem John Brown's Body (5) |
| ZOMBIES | Dead men walking? (7) |
| EMPTIES | European politician has links with dead men |
| KING | Stephen ----, author of books It and Carrie (4) |
| BENELTON | British comedian noted for his novels Dead Famous and High Society (3,5) |
| HOBO | 'Hot blood' told off for being a tramp (4) |
| POTTER | Stephen, writer born in 1900 noted for his parodies of self-help books (6) |
