| SAINTMATTHEW | Traditional author of the first Gospel |
| MATTHEW | Author of the first Gospel in the New Testament |
| IAM | Self-introduction by the writer of the first gospel (1,2,7) |
| LUKE | Saint who is the traditional author of the third Gospel |
| JEREMIAH | Traditional author of the Book of Lamentations |
| SOLOMON | Traditional author of the Old Testament books Proverbs and Song of Songs (7) |
| HOMER | Traditional author of the Iliad (5) |
| ANGRYYOUNGMAN | Anti-traditional writer of the 1950s (5,5,3) |
| AESOP | Traditional author of Greek fables about animals (5) |
| MAHALIA | Jackson who was the first gospel singer to perform at Carnegie Hall |
| JOHNFLORIO | Author of the first English translation of Boccacio, and the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary (1598) |
| NASHE | Thomas ___, author of the first picaresque novel in English, The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton |
| CATO | ? The Elder, Roman politician and general, author of the first history of Rome (4) |
| POE | Author of the first detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| HGWELLS | Author of The First Men In The Moon (1,1,5) |
| ANDREBRETON | Author of the first Surrealist Manifesto in 1924 |
| PLINY | Roman author of the first century |
| LOVELACE | Ada _; writer of the first computer program (8) |
| WHATTHEDICKENS | With hot contents of first gospel, author's incredulous outburst (4,3,7) |
| MATEO | First gospel of la Biblia |
