| THECRUELSEA | Nicholas Monsarrat novel of WWII in the North Atlantic, published in 1951 (3,5,3) |
| CRUEL | The ___ Sea, Nicholas Monsarrat novel (5) |
| ALICE | Nevil Shute novel of WWII in South-East Asia, A Town Like ... |
| ATOWNLIKE | Nevil Shute novel of WWII in South-East Asia, ... Alice (1,4,4) |
| PEARLHARBOR | The US entered WWII in 1941 after a surprise attack on this Hawaiian naval base (5,6) |
| SARGASSOSEA | Body of water in the North Atlantic Ocean strewn with free-floating seaweed (8,3) |
| INSPINNER | Novel by Dymphna Cusack and Florence James about the experience of people at home in Australia during WWII (first published in 1951), Come ... (2,7) |
| RYE | The Catcher in the ___ J. D. Salinger's bestseller debut novel published in 1951 |
| GRANCANARIA | Spanish island in the North Atlantic |
| CAROL | Patricia Highsmith novel first published in 1951 as The Price of Salt under pseudonym Claire Morgan (5) |
| CRUELSEA | The ___, 1951 novel by Nicholas Monsarrat (5,3) |
| OPENINGNIGHT | The 16th novel by Ngaio Marsh to feature Roderick Alleyn, published in 1951 |
| SEA | The Cruel ___, Monsarrat novel (3) |
| BALKANS | SE European region in which Olivia Manning set her trilogy of novels of WWII |
| ETERNITY | From Here To ___, debut novel by James Jones, published in 1951 (8) |
| NEVILLECARDUS | The Guardian's cricket writer who spent WWII in Sydney (7,6) |
| NEWORLDICTIONARY | Webster's lexicon first published in 1951 |
| ASTHEWORLDBURNS | Historical series about WWII in Europe? |
| STKILDA | An isolated archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean that contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides |
| MADEIRA | Group of volcanic islands in the North Atlantic, west of Morocco; an autonomous region of Portugal (7) |
