| NASHE | Thomas ___, author of the first picaresque novel in English, The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton |
| MARTINCHUZZLEWIT | The last of Dickens' picaresque novels in which Mr Pecksniff appears (6,10) |
| MIRACLEPLAY | A medieval drama based on a biblical story or the life of a saint (7,4) |
| HARRIS | Thomas _, author of the 1988 psychological horror novel The Silence Of The Lambs (6) |
| PIANO | In Italian this word is an adverb or adjective; it comes from a Late Latin word meaning "smooth." First known use in English dates to 1683. In English the word refers to a musical instrument with stri |
| DIVA | In Italian and Latin, it literally means "goddess." First known usage in English dates to 1883. In English the word came to refer to a prima donna-appropriately, another word taken from Italian (in wh |
| PANINI | From the Italian word (by way of Latin) meaning, basically, "bread." In English, the word describes a type of grilled sandwich. Its first known usage was in 1955. |
| JOHNFLORIO | Author of the first English translation of Boccacio, and the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary (1598) |
| APULEIUS | Roman writer of the 2nd century AD best known for the picaresque novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass (8) |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias -; author of picaresque novels including The Adventures of Roderick Random and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (8) |
| ENVY | Alphabetically in English, the first of the seven deadly sins |
| POE | Author of the first detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| BOOKERPRIZE | Big annual literary award for the best novel in English published in the UK |
| HOOD | Thomas ___, author of 1843 poem The Song of the Shirt (4) |
| BEWICK | Thomas ___, author of A History of British Birds who died in 1828 (6) |
| PYNCHON | Thomas ___, author of novels Vineland and The Crying of Lot 49 (7) |
| LESAGE | Author of the comedy Turcaret and the picaresque novel Gil Blas (6) |
| CATO | ? The Elder, Roman politician and general, author of the first history of Rome (4) |
| MANN | Thomas ___, author of the novels Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain (4) |
| GRAY | Thomas _, author of Elegy Written in the Churchyard (4) |
