| ZADIE | ___ Smith, "The Autograph Man" novelist |
| SMITH | Author Zadie who has penned novels including The Autograph Man, NW, On Beauty and White Teeth (5) |
| ADAM | ___ Smith, The Wealth of Nations economist (4) |
| JADEN | ___ Smith, The Karate Kid actor (5) |
| SHERIDAN | ___ Smith, the English actress who played Smithy's younger sister in Gavin & Stacey (8) |
| DESIGN | Remove the autograph? It is the style! (6) |
| SPARK | Author whose novels include The Comforters,The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted into a film with Maggie Smith), The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington and The Finishing School (5) |
| IRWIN | "Rich Man Poor Man" novelist Shaw |
| AMIS | "The Green Man" novelist Kingsley |
| SHAW | "Rich Man, Poor Man" novelist Irwin |
| DASHIELL | 'The Thin Man' novelist Hammett |
| AMBLER | "The October Man" novelist |
| FIELDING | Work by The Third Man novelist |
| LAHR | John ___, author of the novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot (4) |
| SELFIE | It has largely replaced the autograph |
| DESIGNED | Planned to remove the autograph (8) |
| GARDENERS | Adam Smith, the first of those nurturing The Greens (9) |
| BESSIE | Smith, the "Empress of the Blues" |
| LADYIN | Maggie Smith's The ___ the Van (4,2) |
| BERGER | "Little Big Man" novelist Thomas |
