| THEROAD | 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel |
| ROAD | Route in a 2006 Cormac McCarthy novel |
| ALLTHEPRETTYHORSES | Cormac McCarthy novel adapted into a 2000 film |
| BLOOD | 1985 Cormac McCarthy novel featuring the character Judge Holden (5,8) |
| PRETTY | Cormac McCarthy novel which won the 1992 US National Book Award, All The ... Horses |
| MERIDIAN | 1985 Cormac McCarthy novel featuring the character Judge Holden (5,8) |
| COUNTRY | 2005 Cormac McCarthy novel, No _ For Old Men (7) |
| OUTERDARK | 1968 novel by Cormac McCarthy |
| OUTER | 1968 novel by Cormac Mccarthy (5,4) |
| DARK | 1968 novel by Cormac Mccarthy (5,4) |
| ORCHARD | and 15ac, The ___, 1965 novel by Cormac McCarthy (7,6) |
| GOD | Child of ___ 1973 novel by Cormac McCarthy that was adapted into a 2013 film |
| PASSENGER | The ___ 2022 novel by Cormac McCarthy that has been longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal |
| BLOODMERIDIAN | 1985 novel by Cormac McCarthy. subtitled The Evening Redness in the West. considered by many to be his masterpiece (5.8) |
| KEEPER | see 8ac, The -, 1965 novel by Cormac McCarthy (7,6) |
| OLDMEN | No Country for ... ... (Cormac McCarthy) |
| GROUP | The -; Mary McCarthy novel (5) |
| ACADEMY | "Groves of ___": McCarthy novel |
| ALLTHE | First novel in Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy (3,3) |
| HORSES | First novel in Cormac McCarthy's The Border Trilogy (6) |
