| INVERNESS | Voguish French writer's by southern Scottish city |
| PASSIONATE | Strongly committed to stick around southern Scottish island (10) |
| HEBRIDES | A Maori newlywed on the southern Scottish islands (8) |
| STAY | Remain in Southern Scottish river (4) |
| PRESTONPANS | Pressure on parents somehow associated with southern Scottish town (11) |
| LOWLANDER | Inhabitant of the southern Scottish regions (9) |
| BRAMBLY | Dracula author, by having line suppressed, made prickly |
| TOLSTOY | Writer, by chance returning, runs out of news |
| UPEND | Overturn suspension of writer by university director |
| PALL | Become tedious letter-writer, by the sound of it? |
| STLUKE | Acts of the Apostles writer, by tradition |
| MOSES | Genesis author, by most accounts |
| OPENACCESS | Old writer by entrance showing general availability (4,6) |
| RIGHTER | One making corrections, author by the sound of it? (7) |
| BARRIER | Author by the right obstacle (7) |
| PUSHIN | Depress Russian author by taking out Kremlin leader (4,2) |
| INROADS | Intrusive moves made by voguish explorer, say (7) |
| SHIP | Quality displayed by voguish carpenter? (11) |
| WORKMAN | Quality displayed by voguish carpenter? (11) |
| MILNE | A. A. ...: His Life, autobiography of a famous children's author by Ann Thwaite, writer who moved to Norfolk (5) |
