| FILTHYANIMALS | 2021 short story collection by Brandon Taylor |
| LIFE | 2020 Booker Prize shortlisted novel by Brandon Taylor (4,4) |
| REAL | 2020 Booker Prize shortlisted novel by Brandon Taylor (4,4) |
| GAMESTOP | Company whose stock was targeted by a 2021 short squeeze |
| STAINFORTH | South Yorkshire winners of Bait-Tech Supercup 2021 (*short an' fit!) (10) |
| CHARLEYSAUNT | 1892 play by Brandon Thomas |
| HUMANSOFNEWYORK | Street-portrait photo blog started by Brandon Stanton |
| AUNT | Charley's ___ , play by Brandon Thomas (4) |
| ATOM | Tiny superhero played by Brandon Routh in the Arrowverse shows |
| KILLERS | Band fronted by Brandon Flowers, 'The -' (7) |
| THEKILLERS | Rock band from Las Vegas fronted by Brandon Flowers (3,7) |
| CHARLEYS | Much-performed farce by Brandon Thomas (8,4) |
| MEN | ___ Without Women 2014 short story collection by Haruki Murakami that shares its title with Ernest Hemingway's short story collection |
| IROBOT | Short story collection by Isaac Asimov |
| THEGOLDENAPPLES | 1956 short-story collection by Eudora Welty |
| GARDENPARTY | The ___, 1922 short story collection by Katherine Mansfield (6,5) |
| SMILE | ___ and Other Stories, 1987 short story collection by Deborah Moggach (5) |
| AFTER | 1856 short story collection by Wilkie Collins (5,4) |
| AFTERDARK | 1856 short story collection by Wilkie Collins (5,4) |
| INOURTIME | 1925 short story collection by Ernest Hemingway (2,3,4) |
