| WYCLIFFE | Detective in a series of novels set in the author W. J. Burley's native Cornwall and surrounding areas (8) |
| MUSE | Source of inspiration and great power in the writer (4) |
| HEARTS | George Burley's team (6) |
| BENSON | E. F. -; author of the Mapp and Lucia series of novels set in the fictional seaside town of Tilling (6) |
| BLYTON | Author of Malory Towers and a series of novels set in and around Kirrin Cottage/ Island and the South West coast (6) |
| BENNETT | Arnold -; author of novels set in the Staffordshire Potteries including Anna of the Five Towns and the Clayhanger series (7) |
| DEXTER | Author of a series of novels set in Oxford featuring a detective inspector including Last Seen Weari |
| TOLKIEN | J. R. R. -; author of a series of novels set in Middle-earth (7) |
| GRAHAM | Author who wrote the Poldark series of novels set in Cornwall (6) |
| AGENCY | The No. 1 Ladies Detective ___; series of novels set in Botswana by emeritus professor Alexander McCall Smith (6) |
| MIKEHAMMER | Tough private detective in a series of novels by Mickey Spillane, starting with I, the Jury in 1947 (4,6) |
| BINCHY | Author of novels set in rural Ireland including Circle of Friends, Firefly Summer and Light a Penny Candle (6) |
| THOMPSON | Author of the Lark Rise to Candleford trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels set in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire countryside (8) |
| WALPOLE | Author of the Herries Chronicles novels set in the Lake District comprising Rogue Herries, Judith Paris, The Fortress and Vanessa (7) |
| FRANCIS | Dick ___, author of novels set in the world of horse racing (7) |
| PATRICKOBRIAN | Author of a series of great sea novels set in the Napoleonic era |
| DREW | Nancy _, fictional detective in a series of mystery books written under the pen name Carolyn Keene (4) |
| AGASAGAS | Examples of a literary genre of novels set in middle-class village life (3-5) |
| VICARAGE | The Murder at the -; one of Agatha Christie's crime novels set in the quaint fictional village St Mary Mead (8) |
| READ | Miss -, author Dora Saint who wrote novels set in the fictional villages of Fairacre and Thrush Green (4) |
