| R&B's -- Hill |
| A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| Ancient Greek author famous for his fables |
| Town of St. Francis |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas |
| Amsterdam" author McEwan |
| Monogram of the author of "The Biglow Papers |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave |
| Command authoritatively |
| Actress Julia Louis- -- |
| Dick Doesn't Just Lobby for the Tobacco Companies--He's a Client" (rejected campaign ad, 2004) |
| Albania's --- Peninsula |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| A Footnote to History" author's inits. |
| ABC comedy in which Laurence Fishburne plays "Pops" Johnson: Hyph. |
| Matzo Balls for Breakfast" author |
| ---, a Dog |
| Actor -- Ray |
| Author's rewards |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Campus authority |
| Gullible's Travels" author |
| British author who gave Harvard's 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds. |
| Syst. of laws |
| Author of inspirational stories for boys |
| Author of a 1952 novel published in full in Life magazine |
| The Land of Painted Caves" author, 2011 |
| All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room" author Bombeck |
| Strain at -- (fuss pettily) |