| HOLYGHOST | Book by John Sandford which was part of the Virgil Flowers novel series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| THEFALLEN | Thriller novel by David Baldacci which was part of Memory Man series and became a NYT 2018 Bestseller: 2 wds. |
| READYPLAYERONE | Science fiction novel by Ernest Cline that released in 2011 and became a NYT Bestseller again in 2018: 3 wds. |
| FORSYTE | The_ Saga, novel series and classic TV drama (7) |
| PREY | Word in many John Sandford bestsellers |
| JOHNSANDFORD | Writer whose mystery series features crime investigator Virgil Flowers: 2 wds. |
| KING | To Play The _, 1993 drama which was part of the House Of Cards trilogy (4) |
| ARUBA | Island off the coast of Venezuela which was part of the Netherlands Antilles until 1986 (5) |
| FRANK | The last name of Anne, the girl whose diary of told the story of the holocaust and became a bestseller (or what FDR's friends might have called him) |
| MINDHUNTER | Netflix drama series created by Joe Penhall, based on a 1995 book by John E Douglas and Mark Olshaker |
| CLARENCE | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| SARA | Song by Stevie Nicks which was part of the 1979 Fleetwood Mac album (4) |
| BOSNIA | Country which was part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1918 to 1941 (6) |
| NEBRASKA | US state (79,227 sq miles; pop about 1.7 million), which was part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 (8) |
| ELEMENT | "The 13th ___: The Sordid Tale of Murder, Fire, and Phosphorus" (book by John Emsley) |
| TRIAL | Last August, I moved in with two of my friends in the middle of Slad -- it was awful and became a real test of my endurance! (5) |
| DRED | ___ Scott v. Sandford (1857 decision widely regarded as one of the worst in the history of the Supreme Court) |
| CLWYD | Which Welsh county was replaced in 1996 by Denbighshire and Flintshire and became a 'preserved' county? (5) |
| THEPILGRIMS | ___ Progress book by John Bunyan which he worked on while in the Bedfordshire county prison: 2 wds. |
| EDNA | Titular Inebriate Woman of a 1971 BBC Play for Today by Jeremy Sandford, portrayed by Patricia Hayes (4) |
