| CLANCY | Best-selling US thriller writer, Tom ... |
| CHANDLER | Raymond ..., US thriller writer (8) |
| LEONARD | Elmore ___ , US thriller writer, d. 2013 (7) |
| ATIMETOKILL | Debut novel of US thriller writer John Grisham, released in 1988 (1,4,2,4) |
| HOOVER | Colleen _, best-selling US romance author (6) |
| HARRY | Best-selling US singer, _ Connick Jr (5) |
| DIGEST | Best-selling US family magazine first published in 1922, Reader's ... |
| VANITIES | The Bonfire of the --------, a 1987 satirical novel by US writer Tom Wolfe (8) |
| WOLFE | Writer Tom or Thomas |
| WOLFPACK | Writer Tom picked up box for hunting group (4,4) |
| REALTOR | Actual deterioration of timber recalled by person selling US property |
| READERS | Top-selling US magazine, ... Digest |
| HARLONCOBEN | A lone branch working for US thriller and mystery writer (6,5) |
| GYPSY | US thriller series starring Naomi Watts (5) |
| BLINDSPOT | Jaimie Alexander and Sullivan Stapleton starred in this US thriller |
| OBJECTS | Sharp -------, 2018 US thriller series starring Amy Adams (7) |
| CASHANDCARRY | A commercial transaction for selling us bucks as well as bear (4-3-5) |
| BRUNOMARS | Huge-selling US pop singer who recorded Uptown Funk with Mark Ronson |
| BATESMOTEL | US thriller series based on Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (5,5) |
| REACHER | 2022 US thriller series adapted from the novel Killing Floor (1997) by British author Lee Child, starring Alan Ritchson (7) |
