| TOLSTOY | Writer whose last novel Resurrection was published in 1899 (7) |
| RENDELL | Ruth, crime writer whose last novel Dark Corners was published in 2015 (7) |
| LECARRE | John, pen name of the late British author whose last novel was Agent Running in the Field (2,5) |
| DEFOE | Author whose last novel, Roxana, was published in 1724 (5) |
| LORDJIM | Joseph Conrad novel first published in 1899-1900 |
| MAPLELEAFRAG | Scott Joplin piano composition whose sheet music was first published in 1899 |
| HEARTOFDARKNESS | Joseph Conrad novella published in 1899 (5,2,8) |
| KAFKA | Bohemian writer whose last request was that all his manuscripts be "burned unread" |
| PROUST | Writer whose last name is spelled from a seven-letter span of the alphabet |
| EBWHITE | Author whose last name's first letter, followed by the two initials that precede his last name, form a word in one of his most famous titles |
| NABOKOV | Vladimir, U.S. writer born in St Petersburg in Russia in 1899 (7) |
| ASPIRIN | A painkiller usually taken in tablet form that was clinically introduced in 1899 (7) |
| CURTAIN | ---: Poirot's Last Case, the last novel published by Agatha Christie (7) |
| NAIROBI | Capital of Kenya, founded in 1899; it became the capital in 1905 (7) |
| STEALTH | Secretive behaviour in the last novel (7) |
| RENAULT | Old-established French motor company, founded in 1899 and nationalized in 1945 but still going strong (7) |
| POULENC | Francis, French composer born in 1899 who was a member of the group called Les Six (7) |
| BEECHAM | Emily _, actress who plays Maura Franklin in 1899 (7) |
| CLARICE | ____ Cliff, ceramic artist and designer born in 1899 (7) |
| COLENSO | First major battle of the Boer War in 1899 (7) |
