Answer: WOLFE

AnswerCrossword Clue
WOLFEStout's Nero
WOLFEOrchid-loving sleuth
WOLFE"The Right Stuff" writer
WOLFEStout's sleuth
WOLFEAuthor of "The Right Stuff"
WOLFEDetective and orchid-grower.
WOLFEOne of the Neros.
WOLFEAmerican novelist.
WOLFECreator of Eugene Gant.
WOLFEMontcalm's rival.
WOLFEWriter Thomas
WOLFEMontcalm's foe at Quebec: 1759
WOLFE"Too Many Cooks" sleuth
WOLFEAuthor of the 1968 work named in the circled letters (reading clockwise)
WOLFE"Champagne for One" sleuth
WOLFETom or Thomas
WOLFEStout detective Nero
WOLFELook Homeward Angel author
WOLFEStout's sleuth Nero
WOLFEFictional sleuth Nero
WOLFEStout character
WOLFEHershey CEO Kenneth
WOLFEFictional detective Nero
WOLFE"The Right Stuff" author Tom
WOLFE"The Right Stuff" author
WOLFEAuthor Tom or Thomas
WOLFERex Stout sleuth
WOLFEWhite-suited author Tom
WOLFEBattle of Quebec general James
WOLFE"Look Homeward, Angel" author
WOLFE"Look Homeward, Angel" author Thomas
WOLFEStout hero Nero
WOLFEStout sleuth Nero
WOLFEWriter Tom or Thomas
WOLFE"A Man in Full" author
WOLFEStout's portly detective
WOLFEStout's stout sleuth
WOLFEStout detective Nero ...
WOLFE"The Bonfire of the Vanities" author
WOLFEStout sleuth, in more ways than one