| NINS | Famed diarist and family |
| NIN | Famed diarist |
| RUNINTO | Encounter famed diarist in foreign tour (3,4) |
| ANNEFRANK | Famed diarist |
| ANAISNIN | Famed diarist |
| PEPYS | Famed diarist Samuel |
| JOHN | And 6. Famous diarist and author (4,6) |
| CECIL | --- Beaton, 20th Century English photographer, diarist and stage and costume designer (5) |
| SAMUELPEPYS | English diarist and naval administrator whose diary includes accounts of the Great Plague and the Fire of London |
| EVELYN | Diarist and founding fellow of the Royal Society who, on December 25 in 1657, found himself arrested at gunpoint and detained as a prisoner for attending church during the Puritan ban on Christmas (6) |
| VITA | Latin for "life" and a name of the author, diarist and poet, nee Sackville-West, who created the celebrated Sissinghurst Castle Garden with her husband, Sir Harold Nicolson (4) |
| HENSLOWE | Elizabethan bear-baiter, diarist and impresario who co-founded or established former theatres including the Fortune, the Hope and the Rose (8) |
| THRALE | Hester ___ (1741-1821), diarist and writer (6) |
| AGATE | James ---, English diarist and theatre critic between the two World Wars (5) |
| CHIPS | Nickname of author, diarist and politician Sir Henry Channon who restored Kelvedon Hall; tokens for blackjack, poker or roulette; pommes frites; or, slices of dried banana (5) |
| ANAIS | With 16-Across, a famed diarist |
| HEPWORTH | Yorkshire-born sculptor who lived and worked in the Cornish seaside town St Ives for most of her life; her works include Seated Figure, Two Forms, Mother and Child and Family of Man (8) |
| READES | "The Cloister and the Hearth" author and family |
| LANDAUS | "Ed Wood" Oscar winner and family |
| DEYS | "L.A. Law" actress Susan and family |
