| BILLYBIRMINGHAM | The Twelfth Man cricket parodist who also wrote Australiana for Austen Tayshus (5,10) |
| RESERVE | The twelfth man in reverse order (7) |
| WEIRDALLEGRETTO | Song parodist who plays quickly? |
| AUSTEN | Australiana comedian, ... Tayshus (6) |
| THIRD | ----- man (cricket) |
| TOMLEHRER | Pianist/parodist who sang "(I'm Spending) Hanukkah in Santa Monica" |
| BRUCEMONTGOMERY | Composer of the music for the first three Carry On films, who also wrote crime fiction as Edmund Crispin |
| KNIGHTS | The -; play by Aristophanes, the dramatist who also wrote The Clouds, The Wasps, The Birds and The Frogs (7) |
| WEIRDALYANKOVIC | Three-Grammy parodist |
| SHERRIFF | R. C. -; dramatist noted for his play Journey's End who also wrote the screenplays to The Invisible Man and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (8) |
| OSCAR | Forename of a dramatist, novelist, poet and wit who also wrote short stories including The Fisherman and His Soul, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Star-Child (5) |
| TWAIN | Mark -, pen name of the author of The Prince and the Pauper who also wrote about the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer (5) |
| JOHNSTEINBECK | American author of The Grapes of Wrath who also wrote the screenplay for Viva Zapata!: 2 wds. |
| MARIOPUZO | American author of The Godfather who also wrote the screenplay for 1978 film Superman: 2 wds. |
| STOPPARD | Playwright Tom who also wrote the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love (and won an Oscar for it) |
| ENID | First name of the author of the Famous Five and Secret Seven books who also wrote a number of Christmas stories for children (4) |
| IZAAK | First name of the author of the fishing treatise The Compleat Angler who also wrote a short biography of his friend John Donne (5) |
| STRIMDBERG | Swedish playwright who also wrote the novel The Red Room (10) |
| AGATHA | First name of the English author who also wrote under the name Mary Westmacott (6) |
| ANKA | Singer Paul who also wrote "Johnny's Theme" for "The Tonight Show" |
