| BIGLITTLELIES | 2014 Liane Moriarty novel about suburban women confronting domestic abuse: 3 wds. |
| APPLES | With 51, 2021 Liane Moriarty novel about a matriarch who mysteriously disappears |
| WHATALICE | With 19-Across, 2009 Liane Moriarty novel about a mother who develops amnesia: 2 wds. |
| ITENDS | Novel adaptation about domestic abuse starring Blake Lively (2,4,4,2) |
| WITHUS | Novel adaptation about domestic abuse starring Blake Lively (2,4,4,2) |
| CHANTELLE | Walford hairdresser and domestic abuse victim (9,6) |
| ATKINS | Walford hairdresser and domestic abuse victim (9,6) |
| BELLE | Emmerdale newlywed and victim of domestic abuse (5,4) |
| KING | Emmerdale newlywed and victim of domestic abuse (5,4) |
| LIES | Big Little _, US drama based on a Liane Moriarty novel (4) |
| NINE | _ Perfect Strangers. US mystery drama series based on a 2018 novel by Liane Moriarty (4) |
| LITTLE | "Big ___ Lies" (Liane Moriarty book turned HBO show) |
| ILLUSE | Treat cruelly - abuse (3-3) |
| ILLTREAT | My offer to pay brings forth abuse (3-5) |
| ILLTREATMENT | I shall receive therapy for abuse (3-9) |
| LAB | Test site investigating reactions integral to verbal abuse (3) |
| BOO | Rambo, open to a bit of abuse (3) |
| SOB | A catch of the breath is in short an American term of abuse (3) |
| BOULOGNE | Fishing and Channel port at the mouth of the River Liane (8) |
| ALIENS | Liane's terribly confused regarding a sci-fi |
