| MERVYNPEAKE | Writer and artist born in 1911 noted for his Gormenghast books (6,5) |
| DANNYKAYE | U.S. actor and comedian born in 1911 noted for his patter songs (5,4) |
| PAULZOLL | US cardiologist born in 1911 noted for his pioneering work on the cardiac defibrillator (4,4) |
| TITUSALONE | Novel by Mervyn Peake published in 1959 and the fourth in his Gormenghast series (5,5) |
| GOLDIE | Actor, musician and artist born Clifford Joseph Price in 1965 |
| BLAKE | English poet and artist born over the water (5) |
| LEAR | Edward - - -, 19th Century English writer and artist known for his nonsense literature (4) |
| SPIKE | And 26 US musician and bandleader born in 1911 who fronted the group the City Slickers (5,5) |
| ILLINOIS | U.S. state in which president Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 (8) |
| BOURGEOIS | Louise, Paris-born sculptor born in 1911 (9) |
| PROOPS | Marjorie, journalist and agony aunt born in 1911 (6) |
| MARJORIE | ___ Proops, journalist and agony aunt born in 1911 (8) |
| CAMERA | In which private meeting is held about writer and artist (6) |
| GRAY | Alasdair ___ (1934 - 2019), Glasgow-born writer and artist who wrote Lanark (1981) (4) |
| EMERALD | Eastern writer and artist left diamonds and precious stone (7) |
| COCTEAU | Jean, French writer and artist who died in 1963 (7) |
| THERESA | ___ Hak Kyung Cha, writer and artist known for her 1982 novel "Dictee" |
| PEYO | Pseudonym of Belgian comics writer and artist Pierre Culliford, who created the Smurfs in 1958 (4) |
| ROGERS | Entertainer born in 1911 known as King of the Cowboys (3, 6) |
| ROY | Entertainer born in 1911 known as King of the Cowboys (3, 6) |
