| DEPROFUNDIS | Title of a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol (2,9) |
| OSCAR | ___ Wilde the Irish playwright who wrote De Profundis during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol |
| FAN | Lady Windermere's -; one of the plays written by Oscar Wilde (3) |
| DEARSANTA | Start of a letter written by a child in December, maybe |
| PAPILLON | Novel by Henri Charriere about his imprisonment in a French penal colony (8) |
| DEARSIR | Beginning of a letter written to a Knight...: 2 wds. |
| GETOUT | Satirical horror film written by Oscar-winning Jordan Peele (3,3) |
| BOSIE | Oscar Wilde addressed his De Profundis, written in Reading Gaol, to his lover, "___" (Lord Alfred Douglas) (5) |
| KIM | I'm after a letter written by Kipling, initially (3) |
| PSI | Philatelist begins with a letter written by Greek (3) |
| PHI | Philatelist begins with a letter written by Greek (3) |
| PENNED | Written in Reading Gaol, perhaps (6) |
| CORINTHIANS | Either of two books of the New Testament based upon letters written by Paul the Apostle (11) |
| BLOODTYPE | What a vampire would send a letter written in? A or O e.g. (5,4) |
| EPISTLE | A long instructive letter written by an Apostle in the new testament |
| JACCUSE | Name given to the open letter written by Emile Zola in defence of Alfred Dreyfus (7) |
| ALPHA | A letter written in a dismal phase |
| CARDSONTHETABLE | Being honest, letter written by boy on road is to appear in Telegraph (5,2,3,5) |
| THEFATHER | ___ Christmas Letters a collection of letters written by J.R.R. Tolkien that document the adventures of Santa and his helpers: 2 wds. |
| THEENORMOUSROOM | 1922 autobiographical novel by e e cummings about his temporary imprisonment in France during World War I |
