| DODIE | ___ Smith, author of The Hundred And One Dalmatians (1956) |
| SMITH | Dodie -; author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians, I Capture the Castle and The Starlight Barking (5) |
| DODIESMITH | Author of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (5,5) |
| ADAM | _ Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations (4) |
| MCCALL | Alexander _ Smith, author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (6) |
| CRUELLA | ___ de Vil, scourge of The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) |
| 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) |
| PERDITA | Character who has a litter of puppies with Prince in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7) |
| ALEXANDER | -- McCall Smith, author of the novel 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' (9) |
| DEVIL | Cruella --; character in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians, portrayed by Glenn |
| CRUELLADEVIL | Villainous heiress in Dodie Smith's 1956 novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians (7,2,3) |
| ZADIE | First name of Ms Smith, author of White Teeth (5) |
| FTSE | Operator of the 100 and 250 share indices (inits)(4) |
| AMYTAN | Author of 'The Hundred Secret Senses' |
| ALBEE | "The Death of Bessie Smith" author |
| ANITA | Roger's wife in One Hundred and One Dalmatians |
| DALMATIAN | Any one of the 101 spotted dogs in a book by Dodie Smith (9) |
| MODICUM | Do I keep mum about the hundred and the other small amount? |
| STEVIE | __ Smith, author of Not Waving but Drowning (6) |
| CHER | 15th-largest by area of the 101 departments of France, in the Centre-Val de Loire region; capital, Bourges (4) |
