| THEBURIEDLIFE | What is the title of Andrea Goldsmith's 2025 novel where a central character is nicknamed Dr. Death because of his scholarly interest in the subject? (3,6,4) |
| ALEC | Baldwin of "Dr. Death" |
| TENOR | Vocal range of Andrea Bocelli |
| ALECBALDWIN | This alphabetically themed crossword stars ___ from "30 Rock" and "Dr. Death" ... |
| MCLEAN | Surname of Andrea, former Loose Women presenter (6) |
| NEO | A central character in "The Matrix," this computer programmer's name is an anagram of a number |
| SEVENEVES | Neal Stephenson novel where, in the distant future, all of humanity is descended from a septet of women |
| NAKEDLUNCH | William Burroughs's novel where everyone sees what is on the end of every fork |
| BOOKOFLONGING | What is the title of the song cycle by Philip Glass that is based on the poetry of Leonard Cohen and |
| SATURDEE | What is the title of Norman Lindsay's novel published in 1933 about the escapades of a 12-year-old P |
| COPPELIA | 1870 ballet in which a mechanical dancing doll is a central character (8) |
| TELEMACHUS | Son of Odysseus and Penelope who is a central character in Homer's Odyssey (10) |
| PETSEMATARY | Horror novel where animals come back to life (and which has a misspelled word in the title): 2 wds. |
| VEIL | What is the title of the US investigative journalist Bob Woodward's 1987 book, subtitled The Secret Wars of the CIA? (4) |
| LORDOFTHEFLIES | What is the title of the novel written by Golding with the child characters Piggy, Jack and Ralph? ( |
| THANE | In 1.2, Duncan, the king of Scotland, bestows a title on Macbeth. What is the title? |
| PRINCEOFWALES | Since the 13th century, what is the title granted to the heir apparent of the British crown? (6,2,5) |
| KIDNAPPED | What is the title of the 1886 adventure novel by Robert Louis Stevenson about a man called David Balfour? (9) |
| ENIGMA | What is the title of the 2001 film about the Second World War codebreakers of Bletchley Park? (6) |
| KIRAN | Desai who wrote the 2025 novel "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" |
