### Clue: English author's cross — really cross — with university (4,5,4)
### Answer: FORD MADOX FORD 
 ### Explanation: English author's cross — really cross — with university (4,5,4)
FORD ("cross") + MAD ("really cross") + OXFORD 
Ford Madox Ford was an author whose most celebrated work was the 1915 novel, *The Good Soldier*.