| THEGIRL | 2015 best-selling novel about Rachel, an alcoholic whose daily commute passes her former home (3,4) |
| TRAIN | 2015 best-selling novel about Rachel, an alcoholic whose daily commute passes her former home (5) |
| ONTHE | 2015 best-selling novel about Rachel, an alcoholic whose daily commute passes her former home (2,3) |
| BURNETT | Author whose classic novel The Secret Garden was inspired by the walled rose garden at her former home at Great Maytham Hall (7) |
| FRIENDS | TV show about Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler, and Ross |
| RATRACE | Daily commute, working humdrum (3,4) |
| TRAINOR | Meghan ___, Grammy's 2015 Best New Artist |
| GIRL | "The ___ on the Train" (2015 best-selling novel) |
| AMANCALLEDOVE | 2014 best-selling novel about a neighborhood curmudgeon who befriends the family next door: 4 wds. |
| ANXIOUSPEOPLE | 2020 best-selling novel about a group held hostage by a bank robber: 2 wds. |
| EYELESSINGAZA | Aldous Huxley's best-selling novel about the socialite Anthony Beavis |
| VEREY | Plantswoman remembered for the gardens at her former home at Barnsley House near Cirencester (5) |
| CONWAY | New Hampshire town whose Daily Sun was the first newspaper to publish sudoku in English |
| GOP | Org. whose history is profiled in the 2015 best seller "To Make Men Free" |
| PETER | Alcoholic whose wife Carla left him in Corrie (5,6) |
| AKRON | City whose daily newspaper is the Beacon Journal |
| KAHLO | * Something stunning about Rachel at intervals |
| JOOKS | Scottish sweetheart passes her ducks |
| SPENDS | Passes, ... her time wisely |
| TIEUP | Daily commute delay cause: 2 wds. |
