| CAKESANDALE | Somerset Maugham novel featuring the novelist Alroy Kear (5,3,3) |
| OFHUMAN | 1915 W. Somerset Maugham novel featuring the character Philip Carey (2,5,7) |
| BONDAGE | 1915 W. Somerset Maugham novel featuring the character Philip Carey (2,5,7) |
| BULLDOGS | RFL Championship club coached by John Kear from 2011-16 (6,8) |
| BATLEY | RFL Championship club coached by John Kear from 2011-16 (6,8) |
| OFHUMANBONDAGE | 1915 Somerset Maugham novel featuring Philip Carey |
| MARYPOPPINS | Magical nanny created by the novelist P. L. Travers (4,7) |
| GEORGEELIOT | Pen name of the novelist Mary Ann Evans (6,5) |
| HARDYANNUAL | Thomas the novelist's yearly production? (5,6) |
| MOONANDSIXPENCE | W. Somerset Maugham novel, with "The" |
| MAGICIAN | The -; W. Somerset Maugham novel based on character Oliver Haddo (8) |
| RAZORSEDGE | Somerset Maugham novel, with "The" |
| EDGE | "The Razor's ___" (Somerset Maugham novel) (4) |
| VEIL | The Painted ___, 1925 W Somerset Maugham novel |
| CAKES | And Ale, Somerset Maugham novel (5) |
| THERAZORSEDGE | Somerset Maugham novel |
| HERO | 1901 Maugham novel, with "The" |
| SERVANT | The ___, 1948 Robin Maugham novel (7) |
| ALE | "Cakes and ___" (1930 Maugham novel) |
| THESERVANT | 1948 Robin Maugham novel (3,7) |
