| THEBARON | 'Meet -' 1937 novel by John Creasey (3,5) |
| BARON | "Meet the ___", 1937 novel by John Creasey (5) |
| MEETTHEBARON | 1937 novel by John Creasey also published as The Man in the Blue Mask |
| REDHEAD | 1933 novel by John Creasey |
| INTRODUCINGTHETOFF | 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison |
| INTRODUCING | & 16D 1938 novel by John Creasey whose protagonist is the Honourable Richard Rollison (11,3,4) |
| SERENADE | 1937 novel by James M Cain narrated by the character John Howard Sharp |
| OFMICE | and 11 1937 novel by John Steinbeck (2,4,3,3) |
| MEN | see 3ac, 1937 novel by John Steinbeck |
| OFMICEAND | and 17dn, 1937 novel by John Steinbeck (2,4,3,3) |
| ANDMEN | and 17dn, 1937 novel by John Steinbeck (2,4,3,3) |
| ASHE | Pen name under which John Creasey wrote his Patrick Dawlish novels including A Puzzle in Pearls, A Clutch of Coppers, A Nest of Traitors and A Blast of Trumpets (4) |
| TAKEMEOUT | Dating show hosted by Joel Creasey (4,2,3) |
| HONEYMOON | see 15dn, 1937 novel by Dorothy L Sayers 1937 novel by Dorothy L Sayers |
| BUSMANS | 1937 novel by Dorothy L Sayers 1937 novel by Dorothy L Sayers |
| THEHOBBIT | 1937 novel by J.R.R. Tolkien |
| CITADEL | "The ___", 1937 novel by AJ Cronin (7) |
| DANCERS | and 25ac, 1937 novel by Margery Allingham (7,2,8) |
| DEATHONTHE | 1937 novel by Agatha Christie (5,2,3,4) |
| RETURN | 1937 novel by C S Forester (5,6) (see 10A) |
