| EASTOFEDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons |
| EAST | Steinbeck novel featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons (4,2,4) |
| OFEDEN | Steinbeck novel featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons (4,2,4) |
| EDEN | East of ---, 1952 Steinbeck novel about the Trasks and the Hamiltons (4) |
| TORTILLA | And 14 1935 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the character Big Joe Portagee (8,4) |
| THEGRAPESOFWRATH | 1939 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the Joads (3,6,2,5) |
| FLAT | 1935 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the character Big Joe Portagee (8,4) |
| TORTILLAFLAT | 1935 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the character Big Joe Portagee |
| EASTOF | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4,2) |
| ARON | One of the Trasks in "East of Eden" |
| MRS | and 21ac, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| MCGINTYSDEAD | see 11dn, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| OLDMAN | *The ___ and the Sea 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| ESSAY | Haunani-Kay Trask's "The Color of Violence," for example |
| INVISIBLE | ___ Man 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| NATURAL | The ___, 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud (7) |
| THETIGERIN | And 13 1952 novel by Margery Allingham (3,5,2,3,5) |
| THERIVERKWAI | The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
| ANDTHESEA | 'The 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway (3,3,3,3,3) |
| BRIDGEOVER | & 22A The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
