| LAURIELEE | Author of the classic recollection of childhood Cider with Rosie (6,3) |
| STEVENSON | Robert Louis author of the classic novel Treasure Island (9) |
| ADAMSMALL | Activist and writer of the classic Kanna Hy ko Hystoe (4,5) |
| PETERCOOK | Writer of the classic comedy sketch One Leg Too Few |
| LEE | Author of the poetry collection The Bloom of Candles and the autobiographical trilogy beginning with Cider with Rosie (3) |
| GUNPOWDER | Our arms once held this grown-up struggling to accept the ends of childhood innocence |
| CROMAGNON | Hint of childhood memory soon includes grand old man? |
| HARDY | Author of the classic The Return of the Native, Thomas _(5) |
| NORMANMAILER | Author of the classic 1948 World War II novel "The Naked and the Dead": 2 wds. |
| BLYTHE | Suffolk-born author of the classic study of English village life Akenfield (6) |
| LOYD | Sam ___, author of the classic "Cyclopedia of 5,000 Puzzles" |
| ROLLINTHEHAY | Sequel to Cider with Rosie? Another novel with hilly setting (4,2,3,3) |
| GLOUCESTER | City in the county in which Laurie Lee's Cider With Rosie is set (10) |
| BELL | Author of the classic rural farm trilogy comprising Corduroy, Silver Ley and The Cherry Tree who also compiled some 5,000 crosswords (4) |
| SWIFT | Author of the classic satire Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan ... |
| ASIMOV | Author of the classic sci-fi story Nightfall (6) |
| KATEMILLETT | Author of the classic 1970 feminist text "Sexual Politics" |
| ALDOUSHUXLEY | Author of the classic dystopian novel Brave New World: 2 wds. |
| GEORGEORWELL | Author of the classic dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four: 2 wds. |
| KURTVONNEGUT | Author of the classic 1969 World War II novel "Slaughterhouse-Five": 2 wds. |
