| DIDION | "The Year of Magical Thinking" memoirist Joan |
| JOAN | Author of The Year of Magical Thinking (2005) (4,6) |
| JOANDIDION | The Year of Magical Thinking author honored with the National Humanities Medal in 2012: 2 wds. |
| YEAR | The ___ of Magical Thinking (Joan Didion memoir) |
| LANE | The Ocean at the End of the ___ 2013 Neil Gaiman novel featuring themes of magical realism that was nominated for a Nebula Award |
| MRQUEZ | His epic tale of seven generations is an example of the genre of magical realism |
| FAIRYTALEATRUESTORY | 1997 film based on the story of two young girls who apparently had the ability to take pictures of magical winged beings (9:1,4,5) |
| AUTUMN | Gold tune cut short, encapsulating start of magical time of year (6) |
| CREEK | BBC TV comedy-drama series starring Alan Davies in the title role as an inventor of magical tricks and investigator of mysteries (8,5) |
| JONATHAN | BBC TV comedy-drama series starring Alan Davies in the title role as an inventor of magical tricks and investigator of mysteries (8,5) |
| TANTRIC | Collection of instant riches of magical significance (7) |
| FOUNTAIN | ___ of youth (fictional source of magical waters) |
| NOWANDTHEN | The knight pursues lack of magical equipment, occasionally (3,3,4) |
| AGE | "The ___ of Magical Overthinking" (Amanda Montell book) |
| BESOMS | Bunches of twigs attached to broomsticks as sweepers or as witches' means of magical flight (6) |
| SOLITUDE | One Hundred Years of ___ 1967 Gabriel Garcia Marquez magnum opus featuring themes of magical realism |
| PIRANESI | 2020 Susanna Clarke novel featuring themes of magical realism that won the Women's Prize for Fiction |
| LIFE | ___ of Pi 2001 Yann Martel novel featuring themes of magical realism that has an eponymous film adaptation |
| PATIENTLY | "The world is full of magical things ___ waiting for our wits to grow sharper": Bertrand Russell (9) |
| PENTAGRAMS | Writer to stuff in names of magical figures (10) |
