| LEQUEUX | William ?, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces (2,5) |
| FLECKER | James Elroy ?, London-born writer whose volumes of poetry include 1913's The Golden Journey to Samarkand |
| BEETON | Isabella, 19th Century London-born author of a famous Book of Household Management (6) |
| SIZE | Volume of whispers picked up (4) |
| RUSTLESUP | Without a recipe, cooks whisper and drink (7,2) |
| RUSTLE | Whisper and take stock |
| GEORGE | Singer whose hits included Careless Whisper and Faith, _ Michael (6) |
| ALLENDE | Isabel _, Chilean author of the novel The House Of The Spirits (1982) |
| POUSSIN | French classical artist who painted A Dance to the Music of Time, the Venetian-inspired The Nurture of Bacchus, the pastoral Et in Arcadia ego and The Four Seasons series (7) |
| MIRANDA | ___ Hart, comedienne and star of The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (7) |
| SEASONS | Frankie Valli and the Four ____ , band who are the subject of the jukebox musical Jersey Boys (7) |
| JAKEARNOTT | Author of novels The House of Rumour and The Fatal Tree (4,6) |
| STOCKTON | Frank R. --, American writer and humorist, author of the novel 'The House of Martha' (8) |
| RAGDOLL | Hit for Aerosmith and The 4 Seasons (different songs, though) |
| ISABELALLENDE | Author of the novel The House of the Spirits (6,7) |
| TROLLOPE | Cotswolds-born author of novels including A Village Affair, The Choir and The Rector's Wife (8) |
| MASON | A E W ___, author of the novels The Prisoner in the Opal and The Four Feathers (5) |
| IBANEZ | Vicente Blasco ___, Spanish author of the novels Mare Nostrum and The Four Horsemen of the Apocalyps |
| EDITHWHARTON | American writer of the 1905 novel The House of Mirth (5,7) |
| HAILEY | Arthur -, Bedfordshire-born author of novels In High Places and The Moneychangers (6) |
