| BATES | Author of My Uncle Silas, The Darling Buds of May and the short story A Christmas Song (5) |
| ALCOTT | Author of Little Women and the short story A Christmas Dream (6) |
| EDWARD | Forename of an artist who illustrated editions of numerous books, including Minnow on the Say, My Uncle Silas, The Otterbury Incident and Stig of the Dump (6) |
| ADLER | Irene, antagonist of Sherlock Holmes in the short story A Scandal In Bohemia (5) |
| TOPGEAR | Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May and The Stig's BBC motor show (3,4) |
| DULLMEN | James May and the _ I _, British problem-solving/ ingenuity series (4,3) |
| FATAL | 22 film part, introducing a short story a couple of times (5,10) |
| BEARD | The long and the short of it is what your dear barber initially rounds off. (5) |
| CACAO | Raw ingredient used to make chocolate and the short name of the tropical tree from which it is deriv |
| YIELD | Profit that is left between end of May and start of December (5) |
| KITES | Symbolising friendship in Truman Capote's story A Christmas Memory, floating toys named after raptors remarkable for their ability to hover or hang effortlessly in the air (5) |
| GREENE | 20th-century English novelist whose works include Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Potting Shed, Travels with My Aunt and the short story Went the Day Well? (6) |
| ELENA | Pen name of the author of "My Brilliant Friend" |
| AREAL | "___ live nephew of my Uncle Sam's" ("Yankee Doodle Boy" lyric) |
| THOMAS | Welsh author of poetry, the radio drama Under Milk Wood and the short story illustrated by Edward Ardizzone titled A Child's Christmas in Wales (6) |
| BERLE | William ___, author of "My Father, Uncle Miltie" |
| PAMUK | Nobel Laureate and author of My Name Is Red (surname only) |
| EMILE | Zola who wrote the short story collection "For a Night of Love" |
| DAVIDJASON | English actor whose TV series include Only Fools and Horses, The Darling Buds of May and A Touch of Frost |
| FITZGERALD | F. Scott -; novelist who wrote The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night and the short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (10) |
