| AMAD | "Diary of - Housewife" |
| TINA | "Diary of a Mad Housewife" housewife |
| REAL | Kind of housewife, ostensibly |
| MAD | Diary of a ___ Housewife |
| SNODGRESS | Carrie ___, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Diary of a Mad Housewife (9) |
| EDWARDIAN | The Country Diary of an - Lady ; title of Edith Holden's illustrated nature diary that became a best seller (9) |
| FRANK | The last name of Anne, the girl whose diary of told the story of the holocaust and became a bestseller (or what FDR's friends might have called him) |
| LAINE | Macneil of Diary of a Wimpy Kid |
| SHERMANALEXIE | *Award-winning author of "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" |
| DELAFIELD | E M ___, author of 1930 novel Diary of a Provincial Lady (9) |
| GROSSMITH | George ___, author with brother Weedon of 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody (9) |
| WIMPY | Diary of a ___ Kid:series of bestselling childrens" books by Jeff Kinney. (5) |
| POOTER | Charles ___, supposed author and leading character of George and Weedon Grossmith's novel The Diary of a Nobody |
| FURPHY | Joseph ?, Australian author of novel Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins, published in 1903 |
| FRIDAY | The top French secret diary of a fellow companion of Robinson Crusoe |
| BACKLOG | Support diary of pile of things to be done (7) |
| SWIRE | Sasha __, author of Diary of an MP's Wife (2020) (5) |
| NOCTUARY | From the Latin for "night", a journal of one's thoughts and what passes during the hours or darkness, as opposed to a diary of the day (8) |
| FAIRYGODMOTHER | Leader of Ghana featured in rambling diary of mum's benefactress (5,9) |
| CHARLESPOOTER | Titular subject of the 1892 comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith (7,6) |
