| WHITETEETH | 2000 novel by Zadie Smith |
| TEETH | and 24dn, 2000 novel by Zadie Smith (5,5) |
| WHITE | and 24dn, 2000 novel by Zadie Smith (5,5) |
| AUTOGRAPHMAN | The ___, 2002 novel by Zadie Smith (9,3) |
| ONBEAUTY | Novel by Zadie Smith published in 2005 (2,6) |
| SWINGTIME | 1936 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; novel by Zadie Smith (5,4) |
| ZED | Character debuted by Zadie Smith? |
| FRAUD | "The ___" (2023 best-seller by Zadie Smith) |
| KINGS | Which Cambridge college was founded by King Henry VI and counts among its alumni Robert Walpole, John Maynard Keynes. Salman Rushdie and Zadie Smith? (5) |
| ESSAYS | Some Zadie Smith works |
| ESSAY | Zadie Smith's "Dance Lessons for Writers," for example |
| ERSATZ | Substitute took a seat after hesitation by Zadie initially (6) |
| WEHITTEETH | Zadie Smith book about boxers who specialize in punching people in the mouth? |
| DEBUTNOVEL | Zadie Smith's "White Teeth" or Stephen King's "Carrie," e.g. |
| SMITH | Zadie who wrote the 2016 novel "Swing Time" |
| TEARSOF | 2000 novel by Alexander McCall Smith |
| TEARSOFTHEGIRAFFE | 2000 novel by Alexander McCall Smith |
| THEGIRAFFE | see 24ac, 2000 novel by Alexander McCall Smith |
| LASTPRECINCT | The ___, 2000 novel by Patricia Cornwell (4,8) |
| GOLDENAGE | The ___, 2000 novel by Gore Vidal (6,3) |
