| ALEXMILLER | Whose nonfiction work, Max (2020), is in part a reflection on humanity struggling with the complexities of 20th-century Europe? (4,6) |
| BRIANCASTRO | Which Adelaide-based award-winning novelist wrote Chinese Postman (2024), in part a reflection on memory and ageing from his home in the Adelaide Hills? (5,6) |
| ORWELL | Writer whose nonfiction works include The Road to Wigan Pier |
| PAPALIST | A friend is, in part, a supporter of the pontiff |
| LOSER | Tiepolo's Eros is in part a failure (5) |
| MESSAGE | 2024 nonfiction work by Ta-Nehisi Coates, with "The" |
| ESSAY | Nonfiction work that might feature an argument |
| EHMER | Max ....., 2020-21 Bristol Rovers defender between spells at Gillingham (5) |
| BIOS | Some nonfiction works, briefly |
| MEMOIRS | Some nonfiction works |
| WIGWAM | Shelter for brave women protected by Wise Guys at work - that's a reflection on them all (6) |
| RADAR | It may give a reflection on a highway |
| SMOKEANDMIRRORS | Sergeant-major good to finish around a reflection on second deception (5,3,7) |
| IAN | __ Beale, long-standing Walford resident who is still struggling with the death of his daughter Lucy (3) |
| LUSTRE | A reflection on Queen Elizabeth? |
| SHEEN | It might be a reflection on you |
| SHIMMERY | Like a reflection on water |
| COASTSANDWATERS | 2020 is the designated year for Scottish lochs and islands. (6,3,6) |
| CRUYFF | Legendary footballer after whom the Amsterdam venue being used for Euro 2020 is named |
| LEECH | Scrounger, on reflection, on the back foot getting to grips with cold (5) |
