| Clue | Source | Date |
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| According to Spooner, source of eggs for Roald, novelist (7,7) | ||
| Our King Richard has directions for novelist | The Telegraph Cryptic | 08 Mar 2023 |
| English writer in French city died surrounded by birds | The Telegraph Cryptic | 04 Nov 2018 |
| Giant of Victorian literature | Newsday | 27 Aug 2017 |
| "Oliver Twist" and "Great Expectations" author: 2 wds | ||
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| "Bleak House" writer | ||
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| A k a Boz | ||
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| Boz |