| REGENCY | Period of British history between 1811-20, depicted in a number of novels by Georgette Heyer (7) |
| ROMANCE | Genre of fiction found in novels by Georgette Heyer or Barbara Cartland (7) |
| EDWARDIAN | ____ period, era in British history between the reigns of Queen Victoria and King George V (9) |
| REDCAP | Depicted in a number of Madonna paintings, a name for the thistle eating goldfinch or "thisteltuige" (6) |
| BALLERINAS | Classical dancers depicted in a number of paintings by Edgar Degas (10) |
| TUDOR | Relating to the period of English history between 1485 and 1603 (5) |
| MAUGHAM | Paris-born British author of a number of novels including Of Human Bondage, The Moon and Sixpence, The Painted Veil and Cakes and Ale (7) |
| DRABBLE | Margaret -; author of a number of novels including A Summer BirdCage, The Millstone, The Radiant Way and The Seven Sisters (7) |
| SIMENON | Author of a number of novels featuring the hatted pipe-smoking commissaire, Jules Maigret (7) |
| ENTEBBE | Capital of Uganda during the period of British rule, replaced by Kampala in 1962 (7) |
| CRADOCK | Nee Phyllis Nan Sortain Primrose Pechey, a flamboyant television chef who donned a ball-gown rather than an apron, popularised prawn cocktail and penned a number of novels, including her Castle Rising |
| MYLORDJOHN | Unfinished historical novel by Georgette Heyer, published posthumously in 1975 (2,4,4) |
| FRIDAYSCHILD | 1944 novel by Georgette Heyer (7,5) |
| TOLLGATE | The ?, 1954 novel by Georgette Heyer novel whose protagonist is Captain John Staple (4-4) |
| GEORGIAN | Period of British history of being from Atlanta (8) |
| AIKEN | Joan -; author of a number of novels for children including The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (5) |
| MCEWAN | Author of a number of novels including The Comfort of Strangers, Enduring Love and On Chesil Beach (6) |
| BLACKADDER | Sitcom that began in 1983 and featured different periods of British history (10) |
| ELIOT | Pen name of a Warwickshire-born author who wrote a number of novels including The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner and Middlemarch (5) |
| SHAW | Author of a number of novels based on rural life including The New Rector, The Village Show and Country Lovers (4) |
