| TOWARDS | 1944 novel by Agatha Christie (7,4) (see 20D) |
| ZERO | 1944 novel by Agatha Christie (7,4) (see 23D) |
| TOWARDSZERO | 1944 novel by Agatha Christie |
| MAN | see 1dn, 1944 novel by Saul Bellow |
| DANGLING | see 1dn, 1944 novel by Saul Bellow |
| HORSESMOUTH | The ___, 1944 novel by Joyce Cary (6,5) |
| DELICATEAPE | The ___, 1944 novel by Dorothy B Hughes (8,3) |
| FRIDAYSCHILD | 1944 novel by Georgette Heyer (7,5) |
| CANNERY | "--- Row", 1944 novel by John Steinbeck (7) |
| THEWIND | 1944 novel by H E Bates (4,5,3,4,3,6) |
| FORFRANCE | 1944 novel by H E Bates (4,5,3,4,3,6) |
| FAIRSTOOD | 1944 novel by H E Bates (4,5,3,4,3,6) |
| EDGE | "The Razor's ___" - - 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham (4) |
| DRAGONWYCK | 1944 novel by Anya Seton |
| THERAZORSEDGE | 1944 novel by Somerset Maugham (3,6,4) |
| DANGLINGMAN | 1944 novel by Saul Bellow (8,3) |
| DARKTUNNEL | 'The -', 1944 novel by Kenneth Millar, a.k.a. Ross MacDonald (4,6) |
| NURSERY | Young ladies employed by the horticulturist? (12) (see 20D) |
| SHADE | Anti-glare device I tint, by the sound of it (8) (see 20D) |
| PRESERVERS | Those who prevent fatalities from blunt instruments! (4-10) (See 20D) |
