| GORKY | Maxim ___, author of stage plays The Lower Depths and Children of the Sun (5) |
| MAXIMGORKY | Author of the plays The Lower Depths and Children Of The Sun (5,5) |
| GORKI | Russian author of The Lower Depths, Maxim ..... (alt. spelling) (5) |
| IBSEN | Henrik ___, author of stage plays Hedda Gabler and The League of Youth (5) |
| MAXIM | ___ Gorky, Russian author of The Lower Depths (5) |
| ARDEN | John ___, author of stage plays Live Like Pigs and The Workhouse Donkey (5) |
| ORTON | Joe ___, author of stage plays What the Butler Saw and Entertaining Mr Sloane (5) |
| MAMET | David ___, author of stage plays American Buffalo and Speed-the-Plow (5) |
| GEOET | Jean-author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids (5) |
| ORCZY | Baroness Emma ___, author of stage play and novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| FRAYN | Michael ___, author of stage plays Alphabetical Order and Noises Off (5) |
| ODETS | Clifford ___, author of stage plays Waiting for Lefty and Clash by Night (5) |
| GENET | Jean ?, author of stage plays The Balcony and The Maids |
| ALLOW | Permit to be without depth and quiet? (5) |
| MARR | Andrew -, author of novels Head of State and Children of the Master (4) |
| WEBSTER | John ___, author of stage plays The White Devil and The Duchess of Malfi (7) |
| WIDTH | Having to contain depth and measurement across |
| SHERIDAN | R B ___, author of stage plays The Rivals and The Critic (8) |
| GRAY | Simon ___, author of stage plays The Common Pursuit and Cell Mates (4) |
| JONSON | Ben ___, author of stage plays The Alchemist and Volpone who died in 1637 (6) |
