| BRETEASTONELLIS | US author of novels including American Psycho (1991) and The Shards (2023) (4,6,5) |
| REMAKES | To name just two... "Cape Fear" (1991) and "The Amityville Horror" (2005) |
| ELLIS | Bret Easton, US novelist; American Psycho (1991), Lunar Park (2005) etc. (5) |
| BRET | "The Shards" author ___ Easton Ellis |
| LONDON | The Shard's location (6) |
| HIGHMAINTENANCE | Demanding answer to what caretaker's doing at top of The Shard? |
| MINISTRYOFSOUND | London club devoted to house music that opened in 1991 and spawned a multimedia entertainment business (8,2,5) |
| MARKTWAIN | US author of novels including The Prince And The Pauper (1881) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) (4,5) |
| MARIOPUZO | US author of novels including The Godfather and The Sicilian (5,4) |
| JOHN | And 19 US author of novels including 1939's The Grapes of Wrath (1939)(4,9) |
| TOMWOLFE | US author of novels including The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987) (3,5) |
| EDITHWHARTON | US author of novels including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Age of Innocence (1920) (5,7) |
| NICOLE | US author of novels Great House and The History of Love (6,6) |
| STEINBECK | US author of novels including 1939's The Grapes of Wrath (1939)(4,9) |
| WALKER | US author of novels including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple (1982) (5,6) |
| ALICE | US author of novels including the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Color Purple (1982) (5,6) |
| AYNRAND | US author of novels including The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957) (3,4) |
| ANNETYLER | US author of novels including If Morning Ever Comes (1964) and The Accidental |
| NICOLEKRAUSS | US author of novels Great House and The History of Love |
| JANEAUSTEN | One of twelve put away, including American author |
