| NORMANMAILER | American author of the novel The Naked And The Dead (6,6) |
| MAILER | Norman _, US author of the novel The Naked And The Dead (1948) |
| ALDO | Actor Ray of "The Naked and the Dead" |
| EDITHWHARTON | American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel The Age Of Innocence (5,7) |
| LILISTCYR | Burlesque legend seen in "The Naked and the Dead" |
| ALDORAY | "The Naked and the Dead" star, 1958 |
| NORMAN | Novelist, best known for The Naked And The Dead (6,6) |
| JAMESMCBRIDE | African-American author of The Good Lord Bird winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction: 2 wds. |
| BEECHERSTOWE | Harriet --- ---, 19th Century American author of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (7,5) |
| SPIRITUALIST | Intermediary between the living and the dead (12) |
| HERMAN | American author of The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War and War and Remembrance (6,4) |
| WOUK | American author of The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War and War and Remembrance (6,4) |
| EDITH | American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel The Age Of Innocence (5,7) |
| WHARTON | American author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1920 novel The Age Of Innocence (5,7) |
| JACKSON | Shirley ---, American author of the 1959 novel The Haunting Of Hill House (7) |
| MAUPIN | Armistead ---, American author of the novel series Tales Of The City (6) |
| ERLE | First name of the best-selling American author of the 20th century (as of 1970) |
| LOVECRAFT | HP, American author of the novella At the Mountains of Madness (9) |
| HIGHSMITH | Patricia --, American author of the novel 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' (9) |
| PAULGALLICO | American author of The Snow Goose and The Poseidon Adventure |
