| HORACE | ___ Walpole, 18th-century man of letters (6) |
| OWAR | Horse of the Century Man ___ |
| CODPIECE | What do you call the 'Cup' worn over a 16th-century man's breeches? (8) |
| DEGREE | A mark of a man of letters? (6) |
| NESTLE | Settle with Man of Letters dropping format (6) |
| MAILER | Man of letters sending same? (6) |
| CASTLE | The _ Of Otranto, 1764 Horace Walpole novel (6) |
| PARCEL | Friend admits writing to church - what would you expect from a man of letters? (6) |
| POSTIE | Poet is stimulating man of letters? |
| FOMENT | Misguided man of letters ignoring alerts, will stir things up |
| STERNE | Anglican vicar and novelist whose principal work was denounced by Dr. Johnson, Goldsmith, Walpole and others |
| GEORGE | First name of the king whose gifting of 10 Downing Street to Robert Walpole later resulted in it becoming the official residence of British prime ministers (6) |
| OTRANTO | The Castle of ___ (Novel by 18th-century writer Horace Walpole) |
| DONOTBEND | Advice to man of letters, mafia leader, half of Wellington and one of The Kinks (2,3,4) |
| POSTALORDERS | Management directives perhaps to man of letters employed in the past by those transferring money (6,6) |
| CHANGEOFADDRESS | Taking up residency in the Senate after being in the D'il, you'll need to give notice of that to a man of letters (6,2,7) |
| BOSWELL | Surname of the Scottish biographer and man of letters famous, in particular, for his Life of Johnson (7) |
| WASHINGTON | President with virgin material for man of letters from America (10,6) |
| WRITERSCRAMP | The complaint of a man of letters? (7,5) |
| EPISTOLARYNOVEL | The work of a man of letters? |
