| THEBLUESTEYE | 18-Across's first novel published in 1970: 3 wds. |
| ALLMYCHILDREN | Daytime drama which debuted on ABC in 1970: 3 wds. |
| ELO | An acronym for a Birmingham rock band founded in 1970 (3) |
| CON | ___ Roche, Cork half back, winner of an All Ireland hurling final winner's medal in 1970 (3) |
| REDHARVEST | US crime writer Dashiell Hammett's first novel, published in 1929 (3,7) |
| ADAM | - - - Bede, George Eliot's first novel, published in 1859, set in the community of Hayslope (4) |
| NEVERLOVE | Harold Robbins's first novel, published in 1948 (5,4,1,8) |
| ASTRANGER | Harold Robbins's first novel, published in 1948 (5,4,1,8) |
| ADAMBEDE | George Eliot's first novel published in 1859 (4,4) |
| STARK | Ben Elton's first novel, published in 1989 |
| LIAR | The -, Stephen Fry's first novel, published in 1991 (4) |
| METROLAND | Julian Barnes' first novel, published in 1980 |
| RODERICKRANDOM | The Adventures of ___, Smollett's first novel, published in 1748 (8,6) |
| BEDE | Adam ___, George Eliot's first novel, published in 1859 (4) |
| FANTASTICMRFOX | Children's novel by Roald Dahl published in 1970, later adapted into a film (9,2,3) |
| SHAFT | Detective novel by Ernest Tidyman, published in 1970 (5) |
| CROW | Ted Hughes work, first published in 1970 (4) |
| AMERIKA | Kafka's unfinished first novel, published posthumously in 1927 |
| THEFEMALEEUNUCH | Book by Germaine Greer published in 1970 that analysed women's role (3,6,6) |
| GERMAINEGREER | Australian writer and whose first book, The Female Eunuch, was published in 1970 (8,5) |
