| GRIEF | 2015 novel by Max Porter, --- Is The Thing With Feathers (5) |
| LANNY | 2019 Max Porter novel about a whimsical boy |
| EMILY | Dickinson who penned "'Hope' is the thing with feathers" |
| HOPE | "___ is the thing with feathers / That perches in the soul, / And sings the tune without the words, / And never stops at all" (Emily Dickinson) |
| SOUL | "'Hope' is the thing with feathers / That perches in the ___": Emily Dickinson |
| CROWN | 2015 novel by Terry Pratchett (3,9,5) |
| ALERT | 2015 novel by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge, featuring Detective Michael Bennett (5) |
| DICKINSON | Emily _, 19th-century American poet whose works include Hope Is The Thing With Feathers (9) |
| ALIVE | Luckiest Girl ___ 2015 novel by Jessica Knoll that was adapted into 2022 mystery thriller movie of the same name |
| ABODE | Phish "The car is the thing on the road that takes you back to your ___" |
| DIGIT | Jab the thing with a finger (5) |
| GREEN | Emerald is the thing to go for (5) |
| STOUT | Strong porter is resolute (5) |
| EARLY | - One Morning; Virginia Baily's 2015 novel set in Rome (5) |
| IDEST | That is the thing about some French |
| FEATHERS | "Hope is the thing with ..." (Emily Dickinson) (8) |
| LAST | The Heart Goes ___ 2015 novel by Margaret Atwood in which people have to swap their homes with prison cells every month in a dystopian future |
| INMY | 2015 novel by Alex Hourston (2,2,5) |
| THESHEPHERDS | 2015 novel by Terry Pratchett (3,9,5) |
| BONEGAP | 2015 novel by Laura Ruby (4,3) |
