| ALEXCROSS | Detective created by the novelist James Patterson (4,5) |
| MISSING | The President Is ___ political thriller written by former US President Bill Clinton and novelist James Patterson |
| SPRATT | Jack --, detective created by the novelist Jasper Fforde (6) |
| CAMPION | Albert _, fictional adventurer and detective created by the novelist Margery Allingham (7) |
| MARYPOPPINS | Magical nanny created by the novelist P. L. Travers (4,7) |
| JORROCKS | Character created by the novelist R.S. Surtees (8) |
| TOPDRAWER | Brilliant novelist James regularly read among giraffes (3-6) |
| PATTERSON | Novelist James |
| HOPETODIE | 2014 novel by James Patterson (4,2,3) |
| BLINDMICE | 2002 novel by James Patterson (4,5,4) |
| ORWELL | Surname adopted by the novelist Eric Blair (6) |
| WODEHOUSE | Nicknamed Plum, the novelist remembered for his tales about Bertie Wooster, valet Jeeves and the Blandings Castle and Drones Club sets (9) |
| POIROT | Fictional detective created by the writer Agatha Christie who first visited Mallorca in 1932 and loved the area around Puerto Pollensa in the north of the island (7,6) |
| HERCULE | Fictional detective created by the writer Agatha Christie who first visited Mallorca in 1932 and loved the area around Puerto Pollensa in the north of the island (7,6) |
| TOSCANINI | Anais, the novelist, and Arachne support opera conductor (9) |
| VERA | _ Stanhope, detective created by the English crime writer Ann Cleeves (4) |
| MAIGRET | French police detective created by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon (7) |
| AGEE | Novelist James who co-wrote the screenplay for "The African Queen" |
| HANLEY | "The Furys" novelist James |
| JONES | "The Thin Red Line" novelist James |
