| ECO | Umberto -, late author of novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum (3) |
| UMBERTOECO | Author of the novels The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum (7,3) |
| UMBERTO | --- Eco, author of The Name Of The Rose and Foucault's Pendulum (7) |
| EVERETT | Actor in the historical drama based on the novel The Name of the Rose, Rupert ------- (7) |
| BANKS | Iain ?, late author of novels The Business and The Wasp Factory |
| WATERHOUSE | Artist nicknamed "Nino" noted for his paintings inspired by literature, mythology and Arthurian legend such as The Lady of Shalott, Ophelia, The Soul of the Rose and Windflowers (10) |
| BAINBRIDGE | Beryl ___, late author of novels According to Queeney and The Dressmaker (10) |
| CORMAC | ____ McCarthy, late author of novels including 2022's The Passenger and Stella Maris (6) |
| AMIS | Martin _, late author of novels including The Rachel Papers and Money (4) |
| DAPHNEDUMAURIER | Late author of novels The Birds and Rebecca (6,2,7) |
| WILDE | Author whose book The Happy Prince and Other Tales contains five stories including The Nightingale and the Rose and The Selfish Giant (5) |
| DAHL | Late author of the children's classics Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG, Roald ---- (4) |
| LUDLUM | Late author of novels including The Bourne Identity, Robert _ (6) |
| MARTIN | & 18D Late author of novels Yellow Dog and Other People (6,4) |
| BOSWORTH | - Field; site of the battle where Richard III was killed thus ending the Wars of the Roses and enabling Henry Tudor to be crowned as king (8) |
| THEROSE | Sean Connery film based on an Umberto Eco novel, The Name of ___ |
| SKALKOTTAS | Nikos ___, Greek composer whose works include the ballets The Beauty with the Rose and The Sea |
| HOBAN | Russell ___, late author of the novels Riddley Walker and Kleinzeit (5) |
| DESSERTSPOON | Late author of the novels Princess Daisy and Scruples (6,6) |
| SALINGER | Late author of the 1951 novel The Catcher In The Rye, JD _ (8) |
