| DERREN | ___ Brown, English illusionist and author born in 1971 (6) |
| BROWN | Illusionist and author, Derren _ (5) |
| EDMUND | ____ de Waal, artist, potter and author born in 1964 (6) |
| LENNON | Julian, musician, photographer and author born in 1963 (6) |
| ORBACH | Susie ___, psychotherapist and author born in 1946 (6) |
| OSBERT | ____ Lancaster, English cartoonist, stage designer and writer born in 1908 (6) |
| DOWSON | Ernest, poet and writer born in 1867 who created the phrase 'Gone with the wind' (6) |
| KISSIN | Evgeny, Russian-born pianist and composer born in 1971 (6) |
| GELLER | Uri, illusionist and self-proclaimed psychic born in 1946 (6) |
| GORMAN | Dave, English stand-up comedian born in 1971 who created Googlewhack Adventures (6) |
| NGOTTY | Bruno .' ..... , former France, Lyon, Milan and Bolton Wanderers defender born in 1971 (6) |
| STELLA | British fashion designer born in 1971, ---- -- McCartney (6) |
| HAYDEN | Matthew, Australian left-handed opening batsman born in 1971 (6) |
| COOPER | Jilly, English author born in 1937 noted for her novel Riders and the Rutshire Chronicles (6) |
| FRANCE | Anatole, Nobel laureate author born in Paris in 1844 (6) |
| BRONTE | Emily, English author born in 1818 whose only novel was Wuthering Heights (6) |
| ERNEST | ___ Hemingway, U.S. author born in 1899 noted for his love of bullfighting (6) |
| AMICHAI | Yehuda ******* , Israeli poet and author born in Germany in 1924 (7) |
| CASANOVA | Giacomo, adventurer and author born in Venice in 1725 (8) |
| ABLEMAN | Paul "****". English playwright and author born in 1927 (7) |
