| CIDERWITHROSIE | Childhood memoir by Laurie Lee first published in 1959 (5,4,5) |
| PAULA | Isabel Allende's childhood memoir |
| ROSIE | Cider with ___: Laurie Lee's childhood memoirs. (5) |
| CIDER | Drink in the title of books by Laurie Lee and John Irving |
| WITHROSIE | 1959 book by Laurie Lee (4,5) |
| CIDERWITH | 1959 book by Laurie Lee |
| TITUSALONE | Novel by Mervyn Peake published in 1959 and the fourth in his Gormenghast series (5,5) |
| MEMENTOMORI | Novel by Muriel Spark published in 1959 |
| COLUMBUS | 'Goodbye, ******** ', novella by Philip Roth published in 1959 (8) |
| HENDERSON | ' ********* The Rain King', book by Saul Bellow published in 1959 (9) |
| DRUM | The Tin ____, novel by Gunter Grass published in 1959 (4) |
| SPRINGER | Jerry ___ : The Opera, British musical written by Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee first performed in 2003 (8) |
| ELDER | Lee ....., first AfricanAmerican golfer to play in US Masters (5) |
| WOUK | Herman ****, author who wrote 'This Is My God published' in 1959 (4) |
| MAEWEST | US actress and writer (1893-1980)whose autobiography, Goodness Had Nothing to Do with It, was published in 1959 (3,4) |
| BRETT | Part of butter bean rejected by Laurie, who plays Izzy Alessi in Traces (5) |
| HARRIS | Character in The Connors played by Laurie Metcalf (6,6) |
| JACKIE | Character in The Connors played by Laurie Metcalf (6,6) |
| ANG | ___ Lee first Asian to win the Oscar for Best Director |
| THROTTLES | Strangles Henry Lee first and totters out |
