| THINGSFALLAPART | 1958 novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe (6,4,5) |
| IBO | Author Chinua Achebe, by birth |
| NIGERIA | Home to the authors Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| NWANTITI | Current hit by Nigerian performer CKay, subtitled "ah ah ah" (4,8) |
| LOVE | Current hit by Nigerian performer CKay, subtitled "ah ah ah" (4,8) |
| ACHEBE | "Things Fall Apart" author Chinua ___ |
| APART | 'Things Fall --', a 1958 novel by Chinua Achebe (5) |
| ANTICOLONIALIST | Like the writing of Chinua Achebe and Mahatma Gandhi |
| LAGOS | Nigerian seaport that was once home to Chinua Achebe |
| ARROW | Chinua Achebe 1964 novel, _ of God (5) |
| NIGERIAN | Novelist Chinua Achebe, by birth |
| THINSFALLAPART | Chinua Achebe novel about how slim Oreo cookies just can't stay intact? |
| THINGS | Word in titles from Chinua Achebe and Maurice Sendak |
| DHARMABUMS | The ?, 1958 novel by Jack Kerouac (6,4) |
| THEDARLING | 1958 novel by H E Bates (3,7,4,2,3) |
| BELL | The ?, 1958 novel by Iris Murdoch (4) |
| LADYKILLER | 1958 novel by Ed Mcbain (4,6) |
| THEBELL | 1958 novel by Iris Murdoch set in Imber Court |
| FROMTHETERRACE | 1958 novel by John O'Hara |
| BALTHAZAR | 1958 novel by Lawrence Durrell; second volume of series The Alexandria Quartet |
