| ODETS | Clifford -, author of the stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night (5) |
| IBSEN | Henrik ___, author of the stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth (5) |
| SIMON | Author of the stage plays Barefoot in the Park and The Dinner Party (4,5) |
| ORTON | Joe ?, author of the stage plays What the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr Sloane (5) |
| OSCAR | Down Author of the stage plays An Ideal Husband and Lady Windermere's Fan (5,5) |
| DAVID | Author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour (5,4) |
| FRIEL | Brian ___, author of the stage plays Making History and Dancing at Lughnasa (5) |
| FRAYN | Michael ___, author of the stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off (5) |
| SYNGE | JM, author of the stage play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| EMLYN | and 11 Welsh author of the stage play Night Must Fall (5,8) |
| POZZO | Master of Lucky in 1953 Samuel Beckett stage play Waiting for Godot (5) |
| ANDES | "Clash By Night" actor Keith |
| WEISS | Peter ___, author of the stage works The Investigation and Marat/Sade (5) |
| NEIL | Author of the stage plays Barefoot in the Park and The Dinner Party (4,5) |
| DAVIDMAMET | Author of the stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow (5,5) |
| GODOT | Play waiting for him to depart, full stop (5) |
| HARE | Author of the stage plays Gethsemane and The Vertical Hour (5,4) |
| SPAHN | Warren ___, MLB's all-time wins leader by a lefty (and whose name rhymes with a "Star Trek" villain |
| TOLLER | Ernst ___, German author of the stage plays Hoppla, We're Alive and The Blind Goddess (6) |
| CHEKHOV | Anton ___, author of the stage plays Uncle Vanya and The Seagull (7) |
