| GOLDING | William ---, 20th Century British author best known for his novel Lord Of The Flies (7) |
| WILLIAMGOLDING | 20th-century British author best known for his novel Lord Of The Flies (7,7) |
| TOLKIEN | J.R.R. ---, British writer best known for The Hobbit and The Lord Of The Rings trilogy (7) |
| WESTALL | Robert _, 20th-century British author whose works included the children's novel The Machine Gunners (1975) |
| FORSYTH | Frederick _, British author best known for thrillers such as The Day Of The Jackal (1971) |
| FLEMING | Ian _, British author best known for his James Bond series of spy novels (7) |
| ELLISON | Ralph ---, 20th Century American novelist best known for his novel Invisible Man (7) |
| CLELAND | John ___, British writer best known for his bawdy novel Fanny Hill |
| SIMENON | Author best-known for his novels featuring Commissaire Maigret (7) |
| ROBERTWESTALL | 20th Century British author whose works include the children's novel The Machine Gunners (6,7) |
| WILLIAM | With 35-Across author of the classic dystopian novel Lord of the Flies |
| STARK | Last name of the 20th-century British author of classic books about her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan (5) |
| RALPH | Who is the main protagonist in William Golding's 1954 novel Lord of the Flies? (5) |
| CORNWELL | British author best known for his novels about Richard Sharpe, set during the Napoleonic Wars (8) |
| TIPPETT | 20th-century British composer of A Child of Our Time |
| BRITTEN | 20th-century British composer (8,7) |
| OLIVIER | Laurence _, Oscar-winning 20th-century British actor (7) |
| ENIDBAGNOLD | British author best known for the story National Velvet (4,7) |
| BOND | British author best known for his Paddington Bear series of books (4) |
| MARYSHELLEY | British writer best known for her novel Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (4,7) |