| WACE | Author who wrote Moorland Mousie under the pen name Golden Gorse (4) |
| MOORLAND | - Mousie; book for children written by Muriel Wace under the pen name Golden Gorse (8) |
| EXMOOR | With a native breed of pony written about by author Golden Gorse, a heather-rich region containing parts of the South West Coast Path (6) |
| LAMB | Charles -, essayist and poet Who wrote under the pen-name Elia (4) |
| EVAN | Author Hunter who wrote under the pen name Ed McBain |
| ORFE | What completes the name golden ___, a freshwater fish of the carp family? (4) |
| GREY | The Little - Men; children's novel written by Denys Watkins-Pitchford under the pen name BB (4) |
| EYRE | Jane -; novel by Charlotte Bronte under the pen name Currer Bell about an orphan raised by a resentful aunt (4) |
| DREW | Nancy _, fictional detective in a series of mystery books written under the pen name Carolyn Keene (4) |
| GORSE | Golden -; pen name of Moorland Mousie author Muriel Wace (5) |
| ROWLING | Author who wrote the Cormoran Strike trilogy comprising The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil under the pen name of Robert Galbraith (7) |
| FIELDING | Sometimes writing under the pen name Captain Hercules Vinegar, the author of Joseph Andrews and Tom Jones whose drama The Grub-Street Opera features the ballad The Roast Beef of Old England (8) |
| STEELE | A member of the Kit-Cat Club who co-founded The Spectator and wrote The Tatler under the pen name Isaac Bickerstaff (6) |
| DAYLEWIS | UK's Poet Laureate from 1968-72 who wrote the Nigel Strangeways novels under the pen name Nicholas Blake and also The Otterbury Incident for children (3-5) |
| EMILYBRONTE | Wuthering Heights author who wrote under the pen name of Ellis Bell (5,6) |
| CHARLESLAMB | Essayist and poet who wrote under the pen name Elia (7,4) |
| KARENBLIXEN | Danish author who wrote under the pen name Isak Dinesen |
| BLAIR | Author who wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four under the pen name George Orwell (5) |
| JANEEYRE | Novel published in 1847 under the pen name Currer Bell (4,4) |
| MAE | West who wrote plays under the pen name Jane Mast |
