| BARTH | John ___, author of the novels The Sot-Weed Factor and Giles Goat-Boy (5) |
| KEATS | John ___, author of poems The Eve of St Agnes and Ode on a Grecian Urn (5) |
| ARDEN | John ___, author of stage plays Live Like Pigs and The Workhouse Donkey (5) |
| CASE | John ___, author of the novels The First Horseman and The Genesis Code; pseudonym of Jim and Carolyn |
| JOHNBARTH | An American novelist, author of "The Floating Opera" and "Giles Goat-Boy" |
| BYRNE | John ___, author of 1978 stage play The Slab Boys (5) |
| SIMON | Creator of the 'X Factor' and 'Got Talent' TV franchises (5,6) |
| LOCKE | John ___, author of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689) (5) |
| LAHR | John ___, author of the novels The Autograph Hound and Hot to Trot (4) |
| STORE | Shop the sot is staggering to again (5) |
| ETHOS | He finds the sot has moral significance (5) |
| BURNS | Gordon ?, Northern Ireland-born presenter whose credits include ITV series The Krypton Factor and Surprise, Surprise (5) |
| LECARRE | John ___, author of the novels Call for the Dead and The Mission Song (2,5) |
| GILES | "___ Goat-Boy" (John Barth allegory) |
| RILES | John Barth's " ___ Goat-Boy" |
| RECTOR | John ___, author of the novels Out of the Black and Already Gone (6) |
| WEBSTER | John ___, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi (7) |
| FODEN | Giles ___, author of 1998 novel The Last King of Scotland (5) |
| GRISHAM | John ___, author of novels The Broker and The Brethren (7) |
| STEINBECK | John ___, author of The Grapes of Wrath (9) |
