| DFW | "Infinite Jest" author, to fans |
| GRRM | "A Song of Ice and Fire" author, to fans |
| YORICK | "A fellow of infinite jest," according to Hamlet |
| HAL | Protagonist in David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" |
| LONG | Like "Infinite Jest" |
| YORICKSSKULL | It is what Hamlet is holding when he says "I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.": 2 wds. |
| ALAS | "___, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio. A fellow of infinite jest": Hamlet, Act V, Scene 1 (4) |
| SCREENWRITER | Film author to televise summons to the Queen (12) |
| POLICECONSTABLE | Officer left in charge, introduced to author to artist (6,9) |
| MARKTWAIN | Who was the first author to submit a typewritten manuscript to his publisher? (4,5) |
| THORIUMWHITE | "The Sword in the Stone" author, to a chemist? |
| MERCURYWELLS | "The Island of Dr. Moreau" author, to a chemist? |
| TROLLOPE | Author to appear unsteady through drink (8) |
| ANON | Unknown author to be revealed soon (4) |
| LEADINGSTOKER | Introducing author to a senior artificer (7,6) |
| POETRY | Author to have a shot at verse (6) |
| VECTORHUGO | "Les Miserables" author, to a math lover? |
| LUSTROUS | Need discovered French author to be bright (8) |
| TOLKIEN | An author to like, possibly new |
| ELOPE | Homer's wife shuns author to leave with lover |
