| OLDMANANDTHESEA | 1952 novel, with The |
| EASTOFEDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck featuring the Trasks and the Hamiltons |
| OLDMAN | *The ___ and the Sea 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway that was adapted into a 1958 film: 2 wds. |
| WOUK | Author of the 1952 novel The Caine Mutiny, Herman _ (4) |
| NATURAL | "The ...", 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud (7) |
| BRIDGEOVERTHERIVERKWAI | The ?, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle |
| OCONNOR | Flannery ?, author of the 1952 novel Wise Blood (7) |
| THERIVERKWAI | The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
| KWAI | River in the title of a 1952 novel and a 1957 film (4) |
| MRS | and 21ac, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| INVISIBLE | ___ Man 1952 novel by Ralph Ellison featuring an unnamed protagonist that won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| ANDTHESEA | 'The 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway (3,3,3,3,3) |
| EDEN | 1952 novel by the US author John Steinbeck, East Of _ (4) |
| ELLISON | Ralph, author of the 1952 novel Invisible Man (7) |
| BRIDGEOVER | & 22A The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
| MCGINTYSDEAD | see 11dn, 1952 novel by Agatha Christie featuring the characters Hercule Poirot and Ariadne Oliver |
| HEMLOCKAND | 1952 novel by Angus Wilson (7,3,5) |
| PLAYER | 1952 novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr (6,5) |
| MARTHAQUEST | 1952 novel by Doris Lessing (6,5) |
| THETIGERINTHESMOKE | 1952 novel by Margery Allingham |
