| MARRYAT | Frederick 'Captain' _, English novelist and naval officer whose works include Peter Simple (1834) and Mr Midshipman Eash (1834) (7) |
| SCOTT | Explorer and naval officer whose final Christmas was spent leading the Terra Nova Expedition (5) |
| BEAUFORT | Sir Francis ___, Irish-born hydrographer and naval officer who devised a scale for indicating wind force |
| SERGEIPROKOFIEV | Composer whose works include Peter and the Wolf and the opera The Love for Three Oranges |
| PROKOFIEV | Sergei ---, Russian composer whose works include Peter And The Wolf (9) |
| GALSWORTHY | John _, English novelist and playwright who wrote The Forsyte Saga and its sequels (10) |
| SNOW | CP _, English novelist and chemist best known for his series of novels known collectively as Strangers And Brothers (4) |
| PRIESTLEY | J.B. _, English novelist and playwright who wrote An Inspector Calls (1945) |
| FIELDING | Henry _, English novelist and dramatist, cofounder of the Bow Street Runners, London's first police force (8) |
| HARDY | Thomas _; English novelist and poet (5) |
| GREENE | Graham _, English novelist and dramatist who wrote Brighton Rock (1938) |
| VIRGINIAWOOLF | English novelist and essayist whose works include To The Lighthouse (8,5) |
| HENRYFIELDING | 18th-Century English novelist and dramatist whose works include Tom Jones (5,8) |
| BRUCEPARRY | Former Royal Marines commando officer whose documentary series for the BBC include Tribe, Amazon and Arctic (5,5) |
| SAMUELPEPYS | English diarist and naval administrator whose diary includes accounts of the Great Plague and the Fire of London |
| CHRISPRATT | American actor whose film roles include Peter Quill/Star-Lord in the Guardians of the Galaxy series |
| DEEPING | Warwick ___, prolific English novelist and short story writer whose best-known novel was Sorrell and Son |
| SMITH | Dodie ---, English novelist and playwright, author of The Hundred And One Dalmatians (5) |
| ORWELL | George, English novelist and essayist who coined the terms Big Brother and doublethink (6) |
| CPSNOW | Which English novelist and scientist wrote a sequence of 11 novels Strangers and Brothers? (1,1,4) |
