| THACKERAY | William M, author of the novel The History of Henry Esmond, Esquire (9) |
| THEVIRGINIANS | Thackeray's sequel to The History of Henry Esmond |
| THEMATINGSEASON | 1949 Jeeves novel by PG Wodehouse featuring the characters Esmond Haddock. Corky Potter-Pirbright and Gertrude Winkworth (3,6.6) |
| DELAFIELD | E.M., author of The Diary of a Provincial Lady (9) |
| SYNGE | J.M., author of the play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| YONGE | Charlotte M, author of the novels The Heir Of Redclyffe and The Daisy Chain (5) |
| BALLANTYNE | R. M. -; author of the 1857 adventure novel The Coral Island (10) |
| CAIN | James M, author of the novel The Postman Always Rings Twice (4) |
| THWACKUM | Tutor of Tom Jones in the Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones (8) |
| ALCOTT | Louisa M, author of the novel Little Women (6) |
| RICHARDSON | Samuel ___, author of 1753 novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison (10) |
| SOPHIA | Heroine of 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6,7) |
| WESTERN | Sophia, character in the Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones (7) |
| BLIFIL | Nephew of Squire Allworthy in 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6) |
| BARRIE | J.M., author of the play Peter Pan (6) |
| PIRSIG | Robert M -, author of 1974 autobiographical novel Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (6) |
| MONTGOMERY | L. M. -; author of a series of children's novels including Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea and |
| DISCH | Thomas M -, author of 1965 science fiction novel The Genocides (5) |
| LEEEISENBERG | American editor and author who was editor-in-chief of Esquire magazine throughout the 1970s and 1980s and founding editor of Esquire UK in 1990 |
| FORSTER | E M -, author of novels Howards End and A Room with a View |
