| MCCARTHY | Cormac who wrote "No Country for Old Men" |
| ANTON | Sociopathic hit man in Cormac McCarthy's No Country For Old Men, ... Chigurh |
| DONNE | Poet who wrote 'No man is an island' |
| DESMONDTU | Nobel Peace Prize recipient who wrote "No Future Without Forgiveness" |
| ROMNEY | Presidential candidate who wrote "No Apology" |
| SHUTE | British novelist (surname) who wrote No Highway (5) |
| SARTRE | Jean-Paul who wrote "No Exit" |
| WARSANSHIRE | Somali-British poet who wrote, "no one leaves home unless / home is the mouth of a shark" |
| TONI | Morrison who wrote, "No man should live without absorbing the sins of his kind" |
| COUNTRY | 2005 Cormac McCarthy novel, No _ For Old Men (7) |
| BARDEM | Spanish actor who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in No Country for Old Men, Javier ___ (6) |
| OLDMEN | No Country for ... ... (Cormac McCarthy) |
| NEVILSHUTE | English-born writer who settled in Australia and wrote No Highway (5,5) |
| ALISTAIR | He wrote "No Great Mischief": ___ MacLeod |
| ROSTAND | Cyrano, he wrote, no darts could destroy (7) |
| PLATO | He wrote "No human thing is of serious importance" |
| JOSHBROLIN | US actor who received an Academy Award nomination for his role in Milk, and whose films include No Country For Old Men, The Goonies, Avengers: Infinity War and True Grit (4,6) |
| STATELESSNESS | Does this explain No Country for Old Men for the homeless? (13) |
| BROLIN | Actor Josh ___ who played Llewelyn Moss in No Country for Old Men |
| COEN | Either brother who directed "No Country For Old Men" |
