| TOWNSEND | Sue --------, writer who created Adrian Mole (8) |
| SHEL | "A Boy Named Sue" writer Silverstein |
| THEQUEEN | - - and I; novel by Adrian Mole creator Sue Townsend (3,5) |
| DIARISTS | Adrian Mole and Bridget Jones are noted fictional ones (8) |
| SUETOWNSEND | English writer who created the character Adrian Mole (3,8) |
| CHRISTIE | Agatha ---, English crime writer who created Miss Marple (8) |
| FIELDING | Helen, English writer who created Bridget Jones (8) |
| ATKINSON | Kate, English writer who created the private investigator Jackson Brodie (8) |
| MERCHANT | Stephen _, Bristol-born writer who created The Outlaws (8) |
| HOROWITZ | Anthony ******** , British writer who created the teenage spy Alex Rider (8) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond _, Anglo-american writer who created fictional detective Philip Marlowe (8) |
| PATRICIA | ___ Highsmith, U.S. crime writer who created the character Tom Ripley (8) |
| REGINALD | ____ Hill, English crime writer who created detectives Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe (8) |
| REXSTOUT | American writer who created the fictional detective Nero Wolfe (3,5) |
| LUCYMAUD | Famous Canadian writer who created a legendary heroine |
| SECRET | The - Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13; Sue Townsend book (6) |
| LIMB | Sue -, author of novels Enlightenment and Up the Garden Path (4) |
| CAPPUCCINO | The - Years; book in the Adrian Mole series by Sue Townsend (10) |
| ROSIE | Younger half-sister of Adrian Mole in the eponymous novel series by English author Sue Townsend (5) |
| BAXTER | Bert _; character from Adrian Mole (6) |
