| TEMPLEDRAKE | Character in William Faulkner novels "Sanctuary" and "Requiem for a Nun" |
| YOKNAPATAWPHACOUNTY | Setting for almost all Faulkner novels |
| JAREDLETO | Dallas Buyers Club and Requiem for a Dream actor (5,4) |
| LETO | Jared ___, star of films Dallas Buyers Club and Requiem for a Dream (4) |
| ANUN | "Requiem for ___": William Faulkner novel |
| REIVERS | "The ...", William Faulkner novel featuring the characters Lucius Priest and Boon Hogganbeck (7) |
| LIGHTINAUGUST | William Faulkner novel set mainly in the fictional Yoknapatawpha county of Mississippi |
| INTRUDER | "_ in the Dust" (William Faulkner novel) (8) |
| PYLON | M-Train band who shares its name with a 1935 William Faulkner novel |
| GODOWNMOSES | William Faulkner novel that examines race relations on a Mississippi plantation across generations: 3 wds. |
| FURY | The Sound and the ___ (William Faulkner novel) |
| CHANCEL | Part of a Christian church in which the altar, sanctuary and choir are located, usually separated from the nave by a screen (7) |
| BEATARETREAT | Triumph over a sanctuary and make a quick getaway (4,1,7) |
| SOUNDANDTHEFURY | With "The," 1929 William Faulkner novel whose title comes from "Macbeth" |
| ASI | William Faulkner novel ___ Lay Dying: 2 wds. |
| DYING | As I Lay ___, William Faulkner novel (5) |
| HABIT | Such a custom can be so wearing for a nun (5) |
| WASHEDUPPUG | The main character in "Requiem for a Heavyweight," e.g. |
| PUCK | Character in William Shakespeare play A Midsummer Night's Dream also called Robin Goodfellow |
| SANSALVADOR | Hilltop sanctuary and religious complex in Felanitx, Mallorca (3,8) |
