| ANON | The unknown writer of a number of piano numbers (4) |
| GRANDMAL | Sort of piano numbers turned up by a relation (8) |
| DONIZETTI | Time edition reissued about unknown writer of noted works |
| POPSONG | Number of piano works being performed at opening of Glyndebourne (3,4) |
| FIVE | Number of piano concertos composed by 5 down (4) |
| GRANDSON | Piano numbers shortly put back by relation (8) |
| SCOTT | "Great Unknown" author of the 32 Waverley novels |
| SOFTCOPY | Piano number: PC version? |
| SHAW | Author of a number of novels based on rural life including The New Rector, The Village Show and Country Lovers (4) |
| DAHL | Author of a number of books illustrated by Quentin Blake who wrote the autobiography Boy (4) |
| FINE | Author of a number of books for children and young people including Madame Doubtfire and Goggle-Eyes (4) |
| ZOLA | Beginning and ending of original article by unknown writer |
| ANNE | Unknown author yielding nought to eastern queen (4) |
| WALLACE | Edgar -; author of a number of crime novels including The Clue of the Twisted Candle, The Daffodil Mystery and The Green Archer (7) |
| ANDERSEN | Danish author of a number of fairy tales including The Fir Tree, The Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Snow Man (8) |
| DRABBLE | Margaret -; author of a number of novels including A Summer BirdCage, The Millstone, The Radiant Way and The Seven Sisters (7) |
| FERMOR | Author of a number of travel books including Between the Woods and the Water and A Time of Gifts (6) |
| LECARRE | 86-year-old author of a number of best-selling novels over the past 56 years, most recently A Legacy of Spies (2,5) |
| MAUGHAM | Paris-born British author of a number of novels including Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil and Cakes and Ale (7) |
| FFORDE | Author of a number of romance novels including A Vintage Wedding, A Country Escape and A Rose Petal Summer (6) |
