| KLARA | "-- and the Sun" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| REMAINS | "The ___ of the Day" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel that won the Booker Prize) |
| NEVERLETMEGO | 2005 Kazuo Ishiguro novel with the line "Carers aren't machines" |
| LET | "Never __ Me Go": Kazuo Ishiguro novel |
| MEGO | "Never Let ?" (Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| NEVER | ___ Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro novel made into a 2010 film (5) |
| DIA | "Los restos del ___" (Spanish translation of a 1989 Kazuo Ishiguro novel) |
| OFTHEDAY | The Remains ___ 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
| GIANT | The Buried ___ 2015 fantasy novel by Kazuo Ishiguro which was nominated for the 2016 World Fantasy Award for best novel |
| NEVERLET | ___ Me Go 2005 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the ALA Alex Award and which was also adapted into a movie: 2 wds. |
| OFTHE | 'The ---', 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (7,2,3,3) |
| DAY | 'The ---', 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (7,2,3,3) |
| REMAINSOFTHEDAY | Ishiguro novel to grapple with if headmaster on duty, finally (7,2,3,3) |
| THEUNCONSOLED | 1995 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro for which he won the Cheltenham Prize: 2 wds. |
| THEREMAINSOFTHE | Kazuo Ishiguro, who won his Nobel in 2017, is best known for this novel, made into a hit 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson |
| THEREMAINSOFTHEDAY | Novel by Kazuo Ishiguro |
| THEREMAINSOF | 1989 Booker-McConnell Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (3,7,2,3,3) |
| THEDAY | 1989 Booker-McConnell Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (3,7,2,3,3) |
| NOBEL | Swedish literature prize that Kazuo Ishiguro won in 2017 |
| JAPAN | Asian country where Kazuo Ishiguro was born |
