| CHARLOTTEBRONTE | Writer whose first book, 1846, sold only two copies |
| ROALDDAHL | British writer whose first book, The Gremlins, was written for Walt Disney (5,4) |
| BALDACCI | David, U.S. legal thriller writer whose first book Absolute Power was published in 1996 (8) |
| BLYTON | English author whose first book, Child Whispers, was published in 1922 (6) |
| JAMESA | American author whose first book was adapted into the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific (5,1,8) |
| MICHENER | American author whose first book was adapted into the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific (5,1,8) |
| JACKMILES | American author whose first book, God: A Biography, won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography in 1996 |
| GERALDDURRELL | British naturalist and author whose first book was entitled The Overloaded Ark (6,7) |
| MODELAS | 1903-04 cars sold only in red |
| MALLOMARS | Nabisco treats sold only seasonally |
| MCRIB | Fast-food pork sandwich that's sold only occasionally |
| DODO | It's extinct? Make two copies |
| BYTHEBY | In passing round article get two copies of Times |
| INDUPLICATE | Having two copies (2,9) |
| COUNTERPART | Each of two copies of a legal document |
| GERMAINEGREER | Australian writer and whose first book, The Female Eunuch, was published in 1970 (8,5) |
| STARK | Adventure-woman and travel writer whose first major book The Valleys of the Assassins was published in 1934 (5) |
| JUDITHGUEST | Novelist whose first book, Ordinary People, was published in 1976 |
| URIS | Novelist whose first book was "Battle Cry" |
| EARHART | Pilot whose first book was "20 Hrs., 40 Min." |
