| DODIE | ___ Smith, UK novelist of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5) |
| ALI | ___ Smith, UK novelist (3) |
| BILLY | Name of the bee protagonist in Harry Smith's UK comic strip |
| SMITH | Dodie -; author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians, I Capture the Castle and The Starlight Barking (5) |
| PONGO | In literature, the nickname of Reginald Twistleton in the Wodehousian Uncle Fred stories; or, the main male Dalmatian in The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5) |
| DEVIL | Cruella --; character in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, portrayed by Glenn |
| DODIESMITH | Writer of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) |
| YONGE | Novelist of the Oxford Movement who wrote The Heir of Redclyffe and The Little Duke (5) |
| CRUELLA | ___ de Vil, scourge of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) |
| REEVE | Clara ___, English novelist of the Gothic school who authored The Champion Of Virtue aka The Old English Baron (5) |
| ANITA | Roger's wife in One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| READE | Study English novelist of the Victorian era (5) |
| NELLA | ___ Larsen (1895-1964), novelist of the Harlem Renaissance (5) |
| MARIA | --- Edgeworth, prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of the late 18th to mid-19th Century (5) |
| PERDITA | Character who has a litter of puppies with Prince in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) |
| PAULO | ___ Coelho novelist of The Alchemist |
| THECW | "The 100" and "Batwoman" channel |
| CLARAREEVE | Novelist of the 'Gothic' school who authored The Champion Of Virtue (5,5) |
| CRUELLADEVIL | Name the villain in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. (7,2,3) |
| FTSE | Operator of the 100 and 250 share indices (inits)(4) |
