| HILARY | ___ Mantel, Wolf Hall author (6) |
| THOMASCROMWELL | Adviser to King Henry VIII; the protagonist of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall novels (6,8) |
| WYATT | Poet featured in Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy |
| MANTEL | Wolf Hall author who has died aged 70 (6,6) |
| BRONTE | "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" author Anne |
| GORDON | ___ Korman This Can't Be Happening at Mcdonald Hall author who published his first book when he was a teen |
| LESSER | Anton ___, actor who played Thomas More in Wolf Hall (6) |
| DAMIAN | ____ Lewis, English actor who played King Henry VIII in TV drama series Wolf Hall (6) |
| OCASEY | Lady Margaret Douglas in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| PORTER | Richard Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (4,6) |
| MIRROR | Recent drama with Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall: The _ and the Light (6) |
| ANNEBRONTE | "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" author |
| OTISLEECRENSHAW | Alter-ego of comedian Rich Hall; author of 2004 memoir I Blame Society |
| CRENSHAW | Alter-ego of comedian Rich Hall; author of 2004 memoir I Blame Society (8) |
| OTISLEE | Alter-ego of comedian Rich Hall; author of 2004 memoir I Blame Society (4,3) |
| HILARYMANTEL | Author of Wolf Hall (6,6) |
| DAMIANLEWIS | Henry VIII in TV'S Wolf Hall (6,5) |
| CROMWELL | Historical subject of Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel "Wolf Hall" |
| CLAIREFOY | Actress who played Anne Boleyn in Wolf Hall (6,3) |
| BRINGUPTHEBODIES | Hilary Mantel novel, a follow-up to Wolf Hall, and winner of the 2012 Man Booker prize |
