| Ancient Greek author famous for his fables |
| Oft-quoted Chairman |
| Game most people lose |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Most abrupt |
| Most profound. |
| Amsterdam" author McEwan |
| Monogram of the author of "The Biglow Papers |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave |
| Command authoritatively |
| Almost out of sight |
| Almost dozen Grateful Dead song "The ___ |
| A penny, mostly |
| Almost any element whose name ends in -ium |
| A Footnote to History" author's inits. |
| Connecticut university with an oft-quoted polling center |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| Matzo Balls for Breakfast" author |
| Almost anything can be improved with the addition of __": Jasper Fforde |
| Gullible's Travels" author |
| Campus authority |
| Author's rewards |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| ___ a Most Unusual Day |
| Most awkward |
| British author who gave Harvard's 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds. |
| Most thin |
| Author of inspirational stories for boys |
| The Land of Painted Caves" author, 2011 |
| The Stepford Wives" author |