OBS Dictionary abbreviation after an outdated word EDS Recipients of authors' gratitude, briefly AMIS Name of authors' family friends unfamiliar to the British (4) STAIN Mark, Saint, foremost of authors, popular LITERARY AGENT Manager of authors NOVELS New direction seen in some works of authors ANITA First name of authors Shreve and Brookner (5) JOHN Patron Saint of authors DURANT Surname of authors Will and Ariel WRITERS BLOC Group of authors? A PERFECT SPY Foremost of authors completes extremely praiseworthy novel (1,7,3) MURDER 1972 novel by Emma Lathen, pseudonym of authors Mary Jane Latsis and Martha Henissart (6,7,5) NAUSEA And 22 1972 novel by Emma Lathen, pseudonym of authors Mary Jane Latsis and Martha Henissart (6,7,5) CORPUS Collection of author's works (6) APPOINT Initials of author's perfectly good name (7) SACK Dismiss part of author's acknowledgements (4) OMNIBUS Collection of author's works (7) WILDE Surname of author of The Picture of Dorian Gray (5) TOBIAS First name of author of "The Adventures of Roderick Random" T S E Monogram of author of "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" CRITICALLY ILL Serious state of author after shocking reviews HERBERT Surname of author coming at end of epigraph (7)
