| MANTEL | Hilary _, author behind Wolf Hall (6) |
| SPARKS | Nicholas _, author behind A Walk To Remember and The Notebook (6) |
| ASIMOV | Isaac _, sci-fi writer behind the Laws Of Robotics (6) |
| CURTIS | The writer behind Blackadder and Love Actually, Richard _ (6) |
| OHENRY | Famed short story writer behind "The Gift of the Magi" |
| HILARY | Wolf Hall author who has died aged 70 (6,6) |
| DAMIAN | ____ Lewis, English actor who played King Henry VIII in TV drama series Wolf Hall (6) |
| OCASEY | Lady Margaret Douglas in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| PORTER | Richard Cromwell in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (4,6) |
| MIRROR | Recent drama with Mark Rylance, Wolf Hall: The _ and the Light (6) |
| LESSER | The Lady Mary in Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light (5,6) |
| ODIST | Author behind lofty lines |
| GHOSTWRITER | Author behind the scenes |
| AMBERGAMBLER | Reckless driver, composer on a motorway with author behind (5,7) |
| GHOSTWRITE | Cast go rest with author behind the scenes (5,5) |
| STEPHENKING | Iconic US author behind The Shining, Misery and It (7,4) |
| LETTE | Aussie author behind Foetal Attraction, Kathy _ (5) |
| SEUSS | Author behind "Horton Hears a Who," Thing One and Thing Two |
| RUSHDIE | British-Indian author behind The Satanic Verses, Sir Salman _ (7) |
| ELENA | _ Ferrante, pseudonymous Italian author behind the bestselling Neapolitan Novels (5) |
