| PATER | English essayist and critic |
| DEQUINCEY | English essayist and critic best known for the autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium- Eater (1821) ( 6,2,7) |
| THOMAS | English essayist and critic best known for the autobiographical Confessions of an English Opium- Eater (1821) ( 6,2,7) |
| ELIA | Pen name of Charles Lamb, English essayist and critic |
| HAZLITT | William ?, English essayist and critic; author of 1825 collection The Spirit of the Age |
| CHARLESLAMB | English essayist and critic who wrote under the pen name Elia |
| RUSKIN | John -, English essayist and reformer |
| LAMB | Charles , English essayist and poet (4) |
| ADDISON | Joseph ___, English essayist and poet who, with Richard Steele, founded The Spectator |
| ORWELL | Pseudonym of the 20th-century English novelist, essayist and critic Eric Arthur Blair (6,6) |
| GEORGE | Pseudonym of the 20th-century English novelist, essayist and critic Eric Arthur Blair (6,6) |
| ALVAREZ | Al ******* , English poet, essayist and critic born in 1929 (7) |
| PROUST | Marcel --, French novelist, essayist and critic (6) |
| ANDREGIDE | French novelist, essayist and critic awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature (5,4) |
| SEELEY | 19th-century English essayist |
| STEELE | English essayist Richard |
| EWELAMB | A treasured possession English essayist penned with ecstasy |
| LAMBAST | Criticise English essayist putting on a stone |
| ELLIS | English essayist writes illegibly somewhat on reflection |
| HASLET | Meat product an English essayist talked about |
