| GODWIN | William -; political philosopher and novelist who was the father of the Frankenstein author who married Percy Bysshe Shelley (6) |
| LAB | Birthplace of the Frankenstein monster |
| MACHIAVELLI | 16th century Italian political philosopher and author of The Prince |
| KARLMARX | German political philosopher and economist known for works including the three-volume Das Kapital (1867-94) (4,4) |
| BACKRUB | Lacking energy, political philosopher and advisers raised spa treatment (4,3) |
| IGOR | "Young Frankenstein" character analogous to the "Frankenstein" character Fritz |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul -; existentialist philosopher and novelist who wrote Nausea and The Roads to Freedom series including The Age of Reason (6) |
| PHILIPLARKIN | Poet and novelist who was a long-time librarian at the University of Hull (6,6) |
| ECLAIR | Jenny, comedian and novelist who was part of TV's Grumpy Old Women (6) |
| JEANPAULSARTRE | French philosopher and novelist who declined the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1964 (4-4,6) |
| JACOB | In the Old Testament, the son of Isaac who was the father of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (5) |
| OBED | Son of Boaz and Ruth who was the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David |
| ORWELL | Journalist and novelist who was born Eric Blair (6,6) |
| GEORGE | Journalist and novelist who was born Eric Blair (6,6) |
| PEPINTHESHORT | Who was the father of Charlemagne, deposed Childeric III in 751 and, as King of the Franks, began the Carolingian dynasty? (5,3,5) |
| EWEYN | Known as Forkbeard, the first Viking king of England who was the father of Canute the Great (5) |
| URANUS | Greek god of the skies who was the father of the Titans (6) |
| DRABBLE | Margaret -; biographer and novelist who is the wife of Michael Holroyd and sister of A. S. Byatt (7) |
| ZACHARIAH | Priest during the reign of King Herod who was the father of John the Baptist (Luke 1:5-14) (9) |
| TONIMORRISON | Beloved novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 1993: 2 wds. |
