| SUMMERINTHECITY | Bestselling 2025 romance novel by Alex Aster about a seasonal stay in New York (6,2,3,4) |
| HILTON | One place to stay in New York or Paris |
| STREAMS | These flowers could be asters about the beginning of the month (7) |
| SLEDGE | Some serious ledger entries about a seasonal item (6) |
| SUMMERTHYME | George Gershwin song about a seasonal herb? |
| FRENCHMANSCREEK | 1941 piracy and romance novel by English author Daphne du Maurier (10,5) |
| AMBER | Forever _, historical romance novel by Kathleen Winsor that was made into a film in 1947 (5) |
| ENDS | It - With Us, 2016 romance novel by Colleen Hoover, adapted into a him in 202A (4) |
| TWILIGHT | Vampire romance novel by Stephenie Meyer featuring Bella Swan, published in 2005 (8) |
| FIFTY | ___ Shades of Grey romance novel by British author E. L. James |
| BEACH | The -; film set in Thailand with Leonardo DiCaprio based on a novel by Alex Garland (5) |
| THEBEACH | 1996 novel by Alex Garland adapted into a film directed by Danny Boyle (3,5) |
| FOREVER | See 161944 historical romance novel by Kathleen Winsor |
| FOREVERAMBER | 1944 historical romance novel by Kathleen Winsor |
| HATING | "The ___ Game" (enemies-to-lovers romance novel by Sally Thorne) |
| WATER | ___ for Elephants, historical romance novel by Sara Gruen (5) |
| HER | Fix ___ Up (romance novel by Tessa Bailey) |
| ELEPHANTS | 2006 historical romance novel by Sara Gruen, Water For _ (9) |
| OCTAVIA | One of the eponymous heroines in a series of romance novels by Jilly Cooper that includes Bella, Emily, Harriet, Imogen and Prudence (7) |
| ROOTS | Novel by Alex Haley based on his character Kunta Kinte (5) |
