| Ancient Greek author famous for his fables |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Amsterdam" author McEwan |
| Monogram of the author of "The Biglow Papers |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave |
| Command authoritatively |
| Amass, as a bar bill |
| Mystical comic book superhero played by Benedict Cumberbatch in an upcoming movie |
| Billion (prefix) |
| Target of Bill Maher's "New Rule: stop wearing plastic shoes |
| A billion years |
| A Footnote to History" author's inits. |
| Comic-book superheroes |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| Matzo Balls for Breakfast" author |
| Defeats, as a bill |
| Gullible's Travels" author |
| Campus authority |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Author's rewards |
| Comic-strip Viking |
| An ugly billboard, e.g. |
| British author who gave Harvard's 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds. |
| Author of inspirational stories for boys |
| The Land of Painted Caves" author, 2011 |
| Old comics girl whose boyfriend was Wingey |
| Author of a 1952 novel published in full in Life magazine |
| Comic strip heroine. |
| The Stepford Wives" author |
| All I Know About Animal Behavior I Learned in Loehmann's Dressing Room" author Bombeck |