| AYCKBOURN | Sir Alan --, English playwright (9) |
| SUGARBEET | Sir Alan reportedly flogged plant (5,4) |
| SUGARCOAT | Sir Alan Parker on the radio, maybe to add positive spin? |
| COWARDICE | English playwright has reserve and timidity (9) |
| MIDDLETON | Thomas ___ (1580-1627), English playwright (9) |
| MASSINGER | Religious service in German for English playwright (9) |
| CHURCHILL | Caryl ___, English playwright whose award winning plays include Top Girls and Serious Money (9) |
| TRAVERSAL | English playwright with a line to indicate a type of movement (9) |
| ROSENTHAL | Jack, English playwright who created the TV drama series London's Burning (9) |
| BENJONSON | English playwright and poet (1572-1637) (3,6) |
| NOISESOFF | 1982 play by English playwright Michael Frayn based around a production of the play Nothing On |
| RAYCOONEY | English playwright, actor and director whose biggest success is Run for Your Wife |
| HUXLEY | English scientist noted for his work with Sir Alan Hodgkin on the physiology of nerve transmission ( |
| SUGAR | Businessman made a Baron in 2009, Sir Alan _ (5) |
| TURING | Alan -, English mathematician |
| RICKMAN | Alan, English actor who played Harry in the 2003 Christmas romantic comedy film Love Actually (7) |
| BENNETT | Alan _; English playwright and dramatist (7) |
| HARE | Sir David ___, English playwright (4) |
| BOYS | Olivier and Tony Award winning drama by English playwright Alan Bennett, The History ... |
| LOVEFORLOVE | 1695 Restoration comedy by English playwright William Congreve, featuring Sir Sampson Legend and his sons Valentine and Ben ( 4,3,4) |
