| CHOCKY | 1963 John Wyndham sci-fi novel about an alien visitor (6) |
| THEDAYOFTHETRIFFIDS | John Wyndham sci-fi novel |
| SNATCHERINTHESKY | Salinger novel about an alien abduction? |
| STARMAN | 1984 film starring Jeff Bridges as an alien visitor to Earth (7) |
| GUEST | Gus has an alien visitor made welcome |
| KRAKEN | The ____ Wakes, 1953 novel by John Wyndham about an alien invasion of Earth's oceans (6) |
| KLAATU | Alien visitor played by Michael Rennie in the classic 1951 sci-fi film The Day the Earth Stood Still (6) |
| REMOTE | More about an alien? Far out! (6) |
| SHANIA | Twain has novel about an author (6) |
| DAMNED | 1960 sci-fi film starring George Sanders based on 1957 John Wyndham novel The Midwich Cuckoos (7,2,3,6) |
| MISERY | Horror novel about an author who is kidnapped by a fan |
| PISCES | "The ___" (Melissa Broder novel about an affair with a merman) |
| LICHEN | 'Trouble with ---', novel by John Wyndham (6) |
| THEDAY | 1951 post-apocalyptic novel by John Wyndham (3,3,2,3,8) |
| SMARMY | “In Oppley they’re smart, and in Stouch they’re ____, but Midwich folk are just plain barmy’ (John Wyndham) |
| ARRIVAL | Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner sci-fi drama about alien visitors (7) |
| STARGATE | 1994 sci-fi film about an alien artifact |
| CABINET | Most senior ministers throw out probes about alien visitor |
| ALF | Sitcom about the Tanner family and their alien visitor |
| MADAMEBOVARY | French novel about an adulteress (6,6) |
