| DAMONRUNYON | US short story writer with a vernacular style (5,6) |
| CARVERY | U.S. short story writer with yen for a meat buffet (7) |
| ABLER | Rather clever short story writer with no little following |
| HUMANNATURE | German writer with a short act kept in shade: influence on our acting |
| RUNYON | A. Damon --, US short-story writer, author of 'Guys and Dolls' (6) |
| LONDON | Name a US short-story writer, novelist, and adventurer, Jack ... (6) |
| POE | Edgar Allan ?, US short story writer who died in 1849 (3) |
| CAVA | US short story writer mentioned Spanish tipple (4) |
| LARDNER | Ring --, US short-story writer who wrote "The Young Immigrunts" (sic) |
| OCONNOR | Mary Flannery --, 1925-64, US short-story writer (7) |
| OHENRY | Pseudonym of US short-story writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) |
| POEM | Verse, written by US short-story writer, read by millions (4) |
| FOUNTAINPEN | Writer with a reservoir |
| AMBROZEPIRRCE | US short story writer who authored the satirical work The Devil's Dictionary (7,6) |
| ROMANCE | Word for a vernacular verse on the theme of chivalry originally, later a love-story; or, an affaire de cA"ur (7) |
| TAVERN | Pick out a vernacular - clearly local (6) |
| YIDDISH | A vernacular language used by Jewish people from Central and Eastern Europe (7) |
| BRONTE | Author with a first name in 20-A, 35-A or 53-A |
| EMILEZOLA | Reviews short journal among all the letters by Earl Green - a famous writer with a Nana he wrote about? (5,4) |
| HACKSAW | Poor writer with a saying that's a cutting implement (7) |
