| OSCARWILDE | The Picture of Dorian Gray novelist who was exiled from Britain from 1897 to 1900: 2 wds. |
| SALMANRUSHDIE | The Satanic Verses novelist who was exiled from India from 1989 to 2000: 2 wds. |
| VICTORHUGO | Les Miserables novelist who was exiled from France from 1855 to 1870: 2 wds. |
| WILDE | "The Picture of Dorian Gray" novelist |
| EVE | Woman who was exiled from Eden |
| ROKERPARK | Home of Sunderland AFC from 1897 to 1997 |
| IDA | ___ Saxton McKinley (First Lady from 1897 to 1901) |
| ELBA | Small mountainous island off the W coast of Italy to which Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled from 1814 to 1815 (4) |
| EZEKIEL | Hebrew prophet, subject of a book of the Bible, one of the Israelites exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon (7) |
| TONIMORRISON | Beloved novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in the year 1993: 2 wds. |
| GODWIN | William -; political philosopher and novelist who was the father of the Frankenstein author who married Percy Bysshe Shelley (6) |
| SARAHSNOOK | Actress who won a Tony for playing twenty-six roles in the 2025 Broadway production of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" |
| KRUGER | Paul ___, Boer statesman; President of the South African Republic (or Transvaal) from 1883 to 1900 (6) |
| MCKINLEY | William _, the 25th President of the United States, from 1897 until his assassination in 1901 (8) |
| DUHAMEL | Josh ?, actor who played the title role in 2005 film drama The Picture of Dorian Gray (7) |
| MAUVE | "Never trust a woman who wears ___" (line from "The Picture of Dorian Gray") |
| MILNE | Surname of the writer famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc. (5) |
| SIN | The father was exiled from Spain for wrongdoing (3) |
| UMBERTO | -------I, King of Italy who lived from 1844 to 1900 (7) |
| NORTHBRIDGE | Structure built in 1897 to link the old and new towns of Edinburgh (5,6) |
