| NGAIO | ___ Marsh, New Zealand crime writer, d. 1982 (5) |
| EDGAR | ___ Wallace, journalist and crime writer, d. Beverly Hills, 1932 (5) |
| MARCH | Late New Zealand crime writer (5,5) |
| MARSH | Dame Ngaio _; New Zealand crime writer (5) |
| NGAIOMARSH | New Zealand crime writer and theatre director who created detective Roderick Alleyn (5,5) |
| JAMES | American humorous writer, d. 1961 (5,7) |
| DEFOE | Daniel, writer, d. 1731 (5) |
| HARDY | Only just missing line for writer, d. '28 (5) |
| STEIN | Gertrude ___, avant-garde US author, d. 1946 (5) |
| WAUGH | Brideshead Revisited author, d. 1966 (5) |
| TWAIN | Tom Sawyer author, d. 1910 (5) |
| JODIE | Body builder who once married through a reality TV show, _ Marsh (5) |
| AUGIE | "The Adventures of ___ Marsh" (Bellow novel) |
| FATUI | Ignes ___ (marsh lights) |
| EGRET | Snowy ___ (marsh bird) |
| JULESVERNE | French sci-fi writer, d. 1905 (5,5) |
| OHENRY | American humorous writer, d. 1910 (1,5) |
| MARKTWAIN | American humorous writer, d. 1910 (4,5) |
| WALTON | English writer, d. 1683 - English composer. d. 1983 (6) |
| BREZHNEV | Soviet president, d. 1982 (8) |
