| MOFFAT | Steven _, prolific Doctor Who writer (6) |
| GATISS | Mark _, League Of Gentlemen and Doctor Who writer (6) |
| RUSSELL | Doctor Who writer who created Torchwood, _ T. Davies (7) |
| GHOSTWRITERS | Those who author something for others (12) |
| WILCOX | Paula _, prolific actress who played Corrie's Elaine Jones (6) |
| EDISON | Thomas _; prolific US inventor (6) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac __, prolific author of science fiction including I, Robot (6) |
| RUBENS | Peter Paul _, prolific Flemish Baroque painter (6) |
| KNIGHT | Steven _, writer and creator of the TV show Peaky Blinders (6) |
| NORRIS | Steven ___, 2000 and 2004 Conservative candidate for Mayor of London (6) |
| SEAGAL | Action movie hero, Steven _ (6) |
| JONES | Andy _____ (Prolific Nfld. writer, actor, director) |
| LAST | James ___, prolific Bremen-born composer and bandleader who died in June 2015 (4) |
| DEEPING | Warwick ___, prolific English novelist and short story writer whose best-known novel was Sorrell and Son |
| BLANC | Mel _; prolific Looney Tunes voice actor (5) |
| SHELLEY | "Jim ___, prolific big-carp catcher" *he yells out |
| CARTLAND | Barbara _; prolific author of romantic fiction (8) |
| MAKER | Tom ___, prolific carper and angling tutor (5) |
| AMOUR | Louis L'___ (prolific author of westerns) |
| HITCHCOCK | Alfred _, prolific British filmmaker known as the Master of Suspense (9) |
