| KINGSLEY | Author of book The Meadow |
| TWELVEMONTH | Size of book, the last for a year |
| CHAPTER | Part of book - 'The Carp', perhaps (7) |
| DAWKINS | Richard ?, Kenya-born author of books The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion (7) |
| KEBLE | John -, a leader of the Oxford Movement and author of book of poems The Christian Year (5) |
| WEST | Pen name of the author of books including The Return of the Soldier, The Fountain Overflows, Sunflower and Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (4) |
| STRONG | Former director of the V&A and also the National Portrait Gallery, author of books including The Artist and the Garden, A Country Life and The Elizabethan Image (6) |
| AWDRY | Author of book series for children based on the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine (5) |
| ELIOT | Pen name of Mary Ann Evans, author of books including The Mill on the Floss, Middlemarch and Scenes of Clerical Life collection of three stories (5) |
| MAHY | Author of books for children and young people including A Lion in the Meadow, The Witch in the Cherry Tree and The Changeover (4) |
| THACKERAY | William Makepeace -; author of books including Vanity Fair, The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond and The Fitz-Boodle Papers (9) |
| WAINWRIGHT | Alfred ___, author of book series A Pictorial Guide to the Lakeland Fells (10) |
| ROYALTY | Money paid to author of book on the Windsors? (7) |
| LIBRETTIST | Author of book, novel bitter in inclination (10) |
| PARISH | Author of book, novel bitter in inclination (10) |
| BACON | Author of book needing a study |
| FINN | Mark Twain, author of book title, Huckleberry _ (4) |
| ADAMS | Author of books including Watership Down, Nature Through the Seasons, The Tyger Voyage and The Ship's Cat (5) |
| PECK | Author of books including A Patchwork Tale, The Skirts of Time, A Garden Enclosed, House-Bound and Home for the Holidays (4) |
| MELNURSE | 1959-63 Wales defender; author of book Mr. Swansea (3,5) |
