| GRISHAM | Author of The Firm and A Time to Kill, John ... (7) |
| GOABOUT | Make a tour of the firm and attend to personal affairs (2,5,4,8) |
| ONES | Make a tour of the firm and attend to personal affairs (2,5,4,8) |
| BUSINESS | Make a tour of the firm and attend to personal affairs (2,5,4,8) |
| TIME | "A ___ to Kill" (John Grisham novel) |
| ATIME | "___ to Kill" (John Grisham book): 2 wds. |
| ABSCOND | The graduate joined the firm and is about to take flight (7) |
| POLLACK | The Firm and Tootsie director, Sydney ... (7) |
| SUFFICE | Do things, lacking time to kill (7) |
| DIE | Dramatic love story of a German who falls in love but must return to the trenches, A Time To Love And A Time To ... |
| QUARTERDAY | A time to pay and a time to be lenient? (7,3) |
| FERMOR | Author of a number of travel books including Between the Woods and the Water and A Time of Gifts (6) |
| SEASON | "To every thing there is a ..., and a time to every purpose under the heaven" (The Bible) |
| SEW | "A time to rend, and a time to ___" |
| RACISM | Theme of Grisham's "A Time to Kill" |
| CONVERSATION | Talk of change and a time to stop it |
| GRIS | Author of such bestsellers as The Firm and The Pelican Brief. (7) |
| AWAITS | What's in store for A Time to Kill opening scene (6) |
| SANDRA | Bullock, actress in A Time to Kill (6) |
| JOHNGRISHAM | Lawyer who wrote the thrillers The Firm and The Pelican Brief: 2 wds. |
