| LAGERLOF | Swedish author of the children's classic The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, who became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature (8) |
| WHITE | Colour of cricketers' flannels, fantail doves or flags signifying surrender/truce; or, the author of the children's classic Charlotte's Web (5) |
| NILS | Lagerlof's "The Wonderful Adventures of ___" |
| ASTHER | Actor Nils, who was called "the male Greta Garbo" |
| ELVES | Meadow "; English title of Nils Blomms paintingA representing spring, lvor (5) |
| ROALDDAHL | Author of the children's classics Matilda and James and the Giant Peach (5,4) |
| NINABAWDEN | Author of the children's classics Carrie's War and The Peppermint Pig |
| LOVEALL | Tennis: game score of nil-nil (4,3) |
| LOVE | Score of nil in tennis |
| NORMANLINDSAY | Australian artist and author who wrote the children's classic The Magic Pudding (6,7) |
| LARSSON | Stieg ---, Swedish author of the Millennium trilogy of novels, featuring Lisbeth Salander (7) |
| KINGSLEY | Charles ---, 19th Century historian and novelist who wrote the children's classic The Water-Babies (8) |
| STIEGLARSSON | Swedish writer of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
| STRINDBERG | Swedish writer of the plays Miss Julie and The Father |
| NESBIT | Which Edith wrote the children's classic The Railway Children? (6) |
| SELMALAGERLOF | Swedish author who was the first female winner of the Nobel Literature Prize in 1909 (5,8) |
| ASTRID | Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays who wrote the Pippi Longstocking stories (6,8) |
| LINDGREN | Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays who wrote the Pippi Longstocking stories (6,8) |
| INGALLS | Laura --- ---, American author who wrote the children's classic Little House On The Prairie (7,6) |
| WILDER | Laura --- ---, American author who wrote the children's classic Little House On The Prairie (7,6) |
