| BOYD | William -, author of novels Brazzaville Beach and Armadillo (4) |
| INGE | William --, author of the play 'Picnic' (4) |
| TREVOR | William -, author of novels Felicia's Journey and The Story of Lucy Gault |
| GIBSON | William -, author of novels Spook Country, Idoru and Count Zero |
| BURROUGHS | William -, author of novels The Soft Machine and Nova Express |
| EDEN | Like anteaters and armadillos, say, heading off to back garden? (8) |
| TATE | Like anteaters and armadillos, say, heading off to back garden? (8) |
| LEAP | In Brazzaville, a perfect spring (4) |
| GOLDING | William -; author of Lord of the Flies and Rites of Passage (7) |
| GODWIN | William, author of The Adventures of Caleb Williams and father of Mary Shelley (6) |
| GOLDMAN | William, author of the novels The Princess Bride and No Way to Treat a Lady (7) |
| COBBETT | William -, author of the 1830 collection of observations Rural Rides (7) |
| CONGREVE | William -, author of 1700 stage play The Way of the World (8) |
| BLAKE | William, author of 1795's The Song of Los (5) |
| WYCHERLEY | William, author of the 17th Century play The Gentleman Dancing-Master (9) |
| STYRON | William, author of Sophie's Choice (6) |
| SHAKESPEARE | William, author of Hamlet (11) |
| TENNANT | William, author of 1812 poem Anster Fair (7) |
| FAULKNER | William -; author who wrote The Sound and the Fury and Absalom! Absalom! (8) |
| EDENTATE | Mammal of an order which includes sloths, anteaters and armadillos (8) |
