| HILARYMANTEL | English novelist who won the Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012 for her novels about Thomas Cromwell (6,6) |
| IRISMURDOCH | Flowery-named author (1919-1999), known for her novels about good and evil, and morality (4,7) |
| MANTEL | Hilary _, English novelist who won the Booker Prize in 2009 and 2012 (6) |
| OCTAVIASPENCER | Winner of a best supporting actress Oscar in 2012 for her role in The Help |
| GENZ | Group born between 1997 and 2012, for short |
| WOLFHALL | Hilary Mantel's historical novel about Thomas Cromwell, recently adapted by the BBC. (4,4) |
| SAMANTHA | English novelist who won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital (8,6) |
| HARVEY | English novelist who won the 2024 Booker Prize for her novel Orbital (8,6) |
| ALLINGHAM | Author who wrote about the fictional sleuth Albert Campion in her novels including Tiger in the Smoke, The Beckoning Lady and The Mind Readers (9) |
| NUNEATON | Town noted for its connections to George Eliot, who was born locally on the Arbury Estate and drew inspiration from the area for her novels (8) |
| RICH | Henry VIII's minister who played a key role in the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher as well as the downfall of Sir Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries (4) |
| PEARLS | Her novels set in China won the Nobel prize for literature in 1938, ... Buck (5,1) |
| ROACH | Kemar ...... West Indies bowler who took 6-48 in the 2nd Test against Bangladesh in St. George's In 2009 and a hattrick against Netherlands In the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup (5) |
| ADELE | British singer who won the Album of the Year Grammy in 2012 for "21" |
| ULRIKA | First name of Ms Jonsson who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2009 and was a finalist in Celebrity MasterChef in 2017 (6) |
| WOLF | _ Hall, 2015 drama about Thomas Cromwell which is set to air a second series (4) |
| SOLBERG | Petter ___, Norwegian who drove in the World Rally Championship 1998-2012 for Ford and Subaru, then set up his own team (7) |
| DUMAURIER | Author noted for her novels set in Cornwall including Jamaica Inn, Rebecca, Frenchman's Creek, My Cousin Rachel and Castle Dor (2,7) |
| GILL | ___ Hornby, author noted for her novels Miss Austen and The Hive (4) |
| AUSTEN | Novelist whose authorial mentions of baked apples, Bath buns, picnics, rout-cakes, saddle of mutton, "whipt" syllabub and the like offer a glimpse into the food and dining habits of the Regency era in |
