| NOAMCHOMSKY | American linguist, cognitive scientist, political activist and author whose books include Requiem for the American Dream |
| CLEAVER | Eldridge, American political activist and author of Soul On Ice, published in 1968 (7) |
| DURUFLE | Maurice ?, 20th-century French composer whose works include Requiem and Messe Cum Jubilo |
| NOAM | Linguist and cognitive scientist Chomsky |
| NIDA | Noted American linguist |
| BILL | American-born journalist and author whose books include Notes from a Small Island (4,6) |
| BRYSON | American-born journalist and author whose books include Notes from a Small Island (4,6) |
| BLAKE | Quentin ?, illustrator and author whose books include 1999's Fantastic Daisy Artichoke |
| ANGER | Kenneth ?, US filmaker and author whose books include 1959's Hollywood Babylon |
| SHER | Antony, actor and author whose books include Middlepost (4) |
| GERALDDURRELL | British zoologist and writer whose books include My Family and Other Animals (6,7) |
| BROWN | Orcadian author whose books include the poetry collection Loaves and Fishes, the novel Magnus and essay selection Rockpools and Daffodils (5) |
| WALLIAMS | David ---, comedian and children's author whose books include Gangsta Granny (8) |
| HUGHES | Shirley, children's author whose books include Dogger and the Alfie series (6) |
| ALEXANDER | American author whose books include 2015's The Crossover, Kwame _ (9) |
| ANNEFINE | Children's author whose books include Madame Doubtfire and Goggle-Eyes |
| PATCHETT | Ann _, US author whose books include Bel Canto and Tom Lake (8) |
| PORTER | Katherine Anne -; author whose books include Ship of Fools and the collection of three short novellas Pale Horse, Pale Rider (6) |
| LECARRE | Author whose books include Smiley's People (4,2,5) |
| JOHN | Author whose books include Smiley's People (4,2,5) |
