| CRONIN | A J ?, author of novels The Green Years and The Citadel |
| SHEEP | Farm animal, Mallorca's White variety has played an important role in the island's commercial activity for many years, and the Red, which originally came from North Africa, is highly prized for its wo |
| ELLORY | R J ?, author of novels City of Lies and A Quiet Belief in Angels (6) |
| TOYNBEE | Arnold J ?, author of 12-volume work A Study of History |
| VERNE | Author of Around the World in Eighty Days whose novel The Green Ray is named after the rare optical phenomenon of the same name (5) |
| SHEVAT | The fifth month of the civil year and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Hebrew calendar |
| CRISP | N J ?, author of stage plays Dangerous Obsession and Fighting Chance (5) |
| VIDOR | King ?, Best Director Oscar nominee for War and Peace and The Citadel (5) |
| JAN | Abbr. for the first month of the year (and the first name of the creator who makes your Kids Across Parents Down puzzles) |
| APRIL | From a Latin word meaning "to open", thought to allude to buds and flowers opening in spring, the fourth month of the year and the one in which Cuckoo Day falls (5) |
| FINDLATER | Jane, Scottish author of the novel The Green Graves of Balgowrie (9) |
| READ | Herbert ___, poet, art critic and author of 1935 novel The Green Child (4) |
| BENITOSANTIAGO | 'Capitalist' catcher who was the 1987 N.L. Rookie of the Year and the 2002 NLCS MVP |
| AUSTRALIAN | ___ Open first annual Grand Slam tennis event of the year and the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere |
| AMIS | Kingsley -; author whose novel The Green Man was adapted into a series with Albert Finney (4) |
| BYGONES | Might the song be about the year and the past happenings? (7) |
| ROACH | K A J ?, West Indies cricketer who took a hat-trick against the Netherlands in the 2011 World Cup (5) |
| ENERGY | It should be sort of green, years on? |
| GIF | Oxford American Dictionary's 2012 word of the year, and the key to this puzzle's theme |
| MAKE | Car info usually listed between the year and the model |
