| LARSSON | Stieg -, Swedish author of the Millennium novel trilogy (7) |
| STIEG | ___ Larsson, author of the "Millennium" novels |
| LISBETHSALANDER | Lead character in the Millennium novels of Stieg Larsson |
| LAGERLOF | Swedish author of the children's classic The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, who became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature (8) |
| ROADSTO | The ___, novel trilogy by Jean-Paul Sartre (5,2,7) |
| FREEDOM | The ___, novel trilogy by Jean-Paul Sartre (5,2,7) |
| HANSOLO | Captain of the Millennium Falcon in the Star Wars film series (3,4) |
| STIEGLARSSON | Swedish writer of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| STRINDBERG | Swedish writer of the plays Miss Julie and The Father |
| ASTRID | Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays who wrote the Pippi Longstocking stories (6,8) |
| LINDGREN | Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays who wrote the Pippi Longstocking stories (6,8) |
| DOBBS | Michael ?, Conservative politician; author of the House of Cards novel trilogy (5) |
| THEDRAGONTATTOO | The Girl with ____ , first book in the Millennium series by Swedish author Stieg Larsson (3,6,6) |
| COHN | Norman __, author of The Pursuit of the Millennium (1957) (4) |
| SELMALAGERLOF | Swedish author who was the first female winner of the Nobel Literature Prize in 1909 (5,8) |
| RUBYTURNER | Jamaican-born singer, songwriter and actress who sang the National Anthem at the opening of the Millennium Dome |
| LEGO | One of 7,541 in a 31-inch-long replica of the Millennium Falcon |
| RICHARDROGERS | The architect of the Millennium Dome in London, which was completed in 1999 (7,6) |
| ENGMAN | Pascal -, Swedish author whose novel Femicide was published in the UK in September (6) |
| ASCOTSQUAIR | 1930s novel trilogy by Scottish author Lewis Grassic Gibbon (1,5,5) |