| Ancient Greek author famous for his fables |
| J'accuse" author's first name |
| Dog-tag wearers, briefly |
| Monogram of the author of "The Biglow Papers |
| Command authoritatively |
| Amsterdam" author McEwan |
| A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" author Dave |
| Author of the 1974 novel found in the starts of the starred answers |
| Matzo Balls for Breakfast" author |
| A Footnote to History" author's inits. |
| Announcements from the cockpit, briefly |
| Aid provider to the critically injured, briefly |
| Gullible's Travels" author |
| Alpha rhythm readouts, briefly |
| Alamogordo trial, briefly |
| Comprehensive alerts, briefly |
| And so on and so forth, briefly |
| Bit of airport info, briefly |
| Campus authority |
| Relating to grades 1 to 12, briefly |
| Author of inspirational stories for boys |
| Loops into a conversation, briefly |
| Author's rewards |
| Airport stop on New Jersey Transit, briefly |
| Author Locke of the Harlem Renaissance, the first African-American Rhodes scholar (1907) |
| Cause of some floating, briefly |
| British author who gave Harvard's 2008 commencement speech: 2 wds. |
| The Land of Painted Caves" author, 2011 |
| Accounting designation, briefly |
| Alert to a black-and-white, briefly |