| WHITETEETH | Acclaimed debut novel of the author Zadie Smith |
| MICHAELPENN | His highly-acclaimed debut album was 1989's "March" |
| SZA | Singer who released her sophomore album, "SOS," more than five years after her critically acclaimed debut, "Ctrl" (December, 2022) |
| AUTOGRAPHMAN | The ___, 2002 novel by Zadie Smith (9,3) |
| SMITH | Author Zadie who has penned novels including The Autograph Man, NW, On Beauty and White Teeth (5) |
| ONBEAUTY | Novel by Zadie Smith published in 2005 (2,6) |
| TEETH | and 24dn, 2000 novel by Zadie Smith (5,5) |
| WHITE | and 24dn, 2000 novel by Zadie Smith (5,5) |
| SWINGTIME | Zadie Smith novel which borrows its title from a Fred Astaire film |
| FRAUD | "The ___" (2023 best-seller by Zadie Smith) |
| ZED | Debut character for Zadie Smith? |
| WEHITTEETH | Zadie Smith book about boxers who specialize in punching people in the mouth? |
| ESSAYS | Some Zadie Smith works |
| DEBUTNOVEL | Zadie Smith's "White Teeth" or Stephen King's "Carrie," e.g. |
| ESSAY | Zadie Smith's "Dance Lessons for Writers," for example |
| CASINO | _ Royale, the 1953 debut novel of James Bond author Ian Fleming (6) |
| DIVERGENT | The 2011 debut novel of US author Veronica Roth (9) |
| KINGS | Which Cambridge college was founded by King Henry VI and counts among its alumni Robert Walpole, John Maynard Keynes. Salman Rushdie and Zadie Smith? (5) |
| TIME | The 1989 debut novel of US author John Grisham, A _ To Kill (4) |
| LIAR | The ____, debut novel of Stephen Fry |
