| EDNAOBRIEN | Author of novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place (4,1'5) (4,6) |
| OBRIEN | Author of the novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place (4,6) |
| EDNA | Author of the novels The Country Girls and A Pagan Place (4,6) |
| QUAIDORSAY | The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its Left Bank Paris location (4,1'5) |
| PAULOGRADY | TV presenter and lover of dogs makes Gary upload (4,1'5) |
| SEANOCASEY | Playwright in ocean indeed a criminal from the south (4,1'5) |
| PROPAGANDA | Might a pagan drop out of a campaign to spread the word? (10) |
| OBOEDAMORE | An instrument used to perform many of Bach's compositions (4,1'5) |
| RIDINGHOOD | Little Red ____ , fairy tale about a young girl and a big, bad wolf (6,4) |
| PATAGONIAN | South American turning into a pagan |
| AGAPANTHUS | Plants found around a pagan's hut (10) |
| LOEFFLER | Charles Martin ___, composer of orchestral works Les veillees de l'Ukraine and A Pagan Poem (8) |
| THEHUXTABLES | A doctor, a lawyer, four girls and a boy |
| CARYL | --- Churchill, British playwright whose works include Top Girls and A Number (5) |
| BOYCRAZY | Like many teen girls, and a literal hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
| GIN | Drink with some girls and a motherless man (3) |
| PIZZA | Old Ryan Reynolds sitcom, Two Guys, a Girl and a ___ Place (5) |
| ANNIE | Nine clowns following a musical with a girl and a dog (5) |
| MISSED | Noticed the absence of a girl and a boy (6) |
| MASHA | ___ and the Bear Russian animated TV series about a girl and a fatherly bear |
