Crossword clues for AUTHORS __:AUTHORCurtain-call figure.AUTHORSLewis and ClarkeAUTHORSpine handleAUTHORFirst-nighter's cry.AUTHORIZEDOfficially approvedAUTHORSNames on tomesAUTHORSRoyalty recipientsAUTHORMailer, for oneAUTHOROpening-night callAUTHORWith 26-Across, 1982 Al Pacino filmAUTHORWith 24-Across, 1962 P. G. Wodehouse bookAUTHORHanya Yanagihara, for the novel "A Little Life"AUTHORIZEJohn Irving's peepers?AUTHOREDComposedAUTHORSRoyalty receiversAUTHORCard-catalogue datumAUTHORNovelist, e.g.AUTHORPlaywright, e.g.AUTHORSAsch, Wouk, Yerby, et. al.AUTHORITYCommand.AUTHORITYPower.AUTHORStephen King or Ellery QueenAUTHORSwift or CraneAUTHOROften-doubled cry at a playAUTHOREDPennedAUTHORNovel creatorAUTHOREDWrote, as a novelAUTHORWolfe or WoolfAUTHORTwain for oneAUTHOROne who works with a lot of charactersAUTHORStorytellerAUTHORTan or BrownAUTHORWriteAUTHORNovelistAUTHORAppreciative cry after a playAUTHORCreatorAUTHORCharacter builder?AUTHORAudience cryAUTHORBacon or LambAUTHORName on a jacketAUTHORBudd Schulberg, for instance.AUTHORIZERGranter of a privilege.AUTHORCurtain call on a first night.AUTHORSCard catalog namesAUTHORITYRoger Ebert, when it comes to filmsAUTHORSCard game.AUTHORJ.K. Rowling, for oneAUTHORTalk show guest, oftenAUTHORLamb or RiceAUTHORWilde or Wilder