| PINDAR | Ancient Greek writer famed for his odes celebrating sporting victories |
| ANDERSEN | Hans Christian _, Danish author famed for his fairy tales (8) |
| HANS | _ Christian Andersen, Danish author famed for his literary fairy tales (4) |
| PARKER | 20th-century US writer famed for her biting wit (7,6) |
| DOROTHY | 20th-century US writer famed for her biting wit (7,6) |
| GREER | Germaine _, Australian writer famed for her feminism (5) |
| AESOP | Ancient Greek writer known for his fables |
| DRYDEN | British poet famous for his odes on "St. Cecilia's Day", Heroic Stanzas, All For Love, etc. (4,6) |
| JOHN | British poet famous for his odes on "St. Cecilia's Day", Heroic Stanzas, All For Love, etc. (4,6) |
| HORACE | Poet and satirist of ancient Rome noted for his Odes and the Ars Poetica (6) |
| KEATS | Surname of the poet famous for his "Odes" (5) |
| SAPPHO | Ancient Greek writer of poems about love (6) |
| HOMER | Ancient Greek writer of The Odyssey and The Iliad |
| HERODOTUS | Ancient Greek writer and geographer (9) |
| EUCLID | Ancient Greek writer of the Elements treatise, called the 'father of geometry' (6) |
| AESCHYLUS | Ancient Greek writer of the drama Seven against Thebes (9) |
| ARISTOPHANES | Ancient Greek writer of The Frogs and The Birds |
| CHARLES | _Dickens, late British author famed for works including Oliver Mist (7) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac _, US science fiction author famed for the Foundation series (6) |
| SUTTIE | Stand-up and author famed for her Peep Show role, Isy _ (6) |
