| ABELL | Stig ___, journalist appointed editor of The Times Literary Supplement in 2016 |
| MICHAELGOVE | Former Conservative minister who has been appointed editor of The Spectator (7,4) |
| BOOKREVIEW | Times Literary Supplement feature |
| MILNE | Former journalist appointed Labour Party Executive Director of Communications by Jeremy Corbyn in 20 |
| WILLIAMREESMOGG | Former editor of The Times, 1967-81, later chairman of the Arts Council |
| NEIL | Former editor of The Times, Andrew _ (4) |
| ELD | Former times (literary) (3) |
| NEER | At no time (literary) |
| ITALIC | One-time literary heroine almost leaning over |
| ANON | At another time (literary) (4) |
| EDWARD | Forename of an artist who illustrated editions of numerous books, including Minnow on the Say, My Uncle Silas, The Otterbury Incident and Stig of the Dump (6) |
| EDWARDARDIZZONE | Illustrator of many books, especially for children, including Stig of the Dump |
| SUNDAYTIMES | The ____ magazine was the first colour supplement in a UK newspaper |
| KING | Author of Stig of the Dump (4) |
| BLOMQVIST | Stig ?, Swedish winner of the 1984 World Rally Drivers" Championship (9) |
| BENCOLLINS | Racing driver "outed" as Top Gear's The Stig in 2010 |
| DUMP | Stig Of The ---, 1963 children's novel by Clive King (4) |
| ADDENDUM | Supplement in book or number half added in this way (8) |
| LIDDLE | Rod ___, journalist who is an associate editor of The Spectator and former editor of BBC Radio 4's Today programme |
| MCELVOY | Anne ___, journalist for The Economist and the Evening Standard married to Sunday Times editor Martin Ivens |