| WISEMAN | Canadian author who wrote "The Sacrifice" |
| KLEIN | Naomi, Canadian author who wrote the 2007 work The Shock Doctrine (5) |
| ATWOOD | Margaret, Canadian author who wrote the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (6) |
| DONOGHUE | Emma, Irish-Canadian author who wrote the novel Room (8) |
| MARTEL | Yann, Canadian author who wrote the fantasy novel Life of Pi published in 2001 (6) |
| MAUD | Lucy _ _ Montgomery, Canadian author who wrote Anne of Green Gables (4) |
| CAROLSHIELDS | Canadian author (who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park) of The Stone Diaries: 2 wds. |
| MALCOLMGLADWELL | Canadian author who is a long-time writer for The New Yorker magazine: 2 wds. |
| EID | Islamic festival marking the sacrifice made by Abraham and the end of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca |
| CANDLEMAS | Christian holiday commemorating the presentation of Christ at the temple in Jerusalem, which according to St Luke included the sacrifice of two turtledoves |
| ISAAC | "The Sacrifice of ___" (Caravaggio painting in the Uffizi) |
| HECATOMB | The sacrifice of the mass? (8) |
| MARGARETATWOOD | Canadian writer who won the Booker Prize in 2000 for "The Blind Assassin" |
| ADELE | Canadian writer Ms. Wiseman (1956 Governor General's Literary Award winner for Winnipeg-set novel The Sacrifice) |
| ATALLCOSTS | Regardless of the sacrifice involved (2,3,5) |
| LUCYMAUD | Famous Canadian writer who created a legendary heroine |
| TANTUMRELIGIO | (In toto, quinque verba, cum 5 et 2) Lucretius's judgement on the sacrifice of Iphigenia |
| EARNTHIS | Miller's words to Ryan in Saving Private Ryan, telling him to make all the sacrifices worthwhile |
| MARGARET | And 32 Across Canadian author who was joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize for her novel The Testaments (8,6) |
| HOPEVALLEY | Quaint setting of "When Calls the Heart", the 2014-debuting Hallmark drama inspired by the books of Canadian author Janette Oke who was born in the village of Champion in southern Alberta: 2 wds. |
