| LEO | Writer famous for Anna Karenina, etc. (3,7) |
| TOLSTOY | Writer famous for Anna Karenina, etc. (3,7) |
| TROIKA | Vehicle for Anna Karenina |
| ONEILL | US playwright famous for Anna Christie and The Iceman Cometh (6,6) |
| EUGENE | US playwright famous for Anna Christie and The Iceman Cometh (6,6) |
| JOHNUPDIKE | American writer famous for his "Rabbit" series (4,6) |
| PROPHETESS | Title for Anna: Luke 2:36 |
| BARRIE | Surname of the writer famous for Peter Pan, etc. (6) |
| JAMES | Writer famous for Ulysses, etc. (5,5) |
| JOYCE | Writer famous for Ulysses, etc. (5,5) |
| WILLIAM | Maidstoneborn writer famous for Table Talk, etc. (7,7) |
| HAZLITT | Maidstoneborn writer famous for Table Talk, etc. (7,7) |
| THORNTONWILDER | American writer famous for The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Our Town, etc. (8,6) |
| SEWELL | Anna ---, 19th Century English writer famous for the novel Black Beauty (6) |
| JULES | Writer famous for Around the World in Eighty Days, etc. (5,5) |
| VERNE | Writer famous for Around the World in Eighty Days, etc. (5,5) |
| MILNE | Surname of the writer famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc. (5) |
| OHENRY | Short-story writer famous for twist endings |
| CARR | Writer famous for locked-room mysteries |
| RICHARD | Author famous for Doctor In The House, etc. (7,6) |
