| THECATCHERINTHERYE | Coming-of-age novel about a teenage boy and his isolation [1951, 1986] |
| COME | "On the ___ Up": Angie Thomas novel about a teenage rapper |
| SPOTTIEST | Son more irrational than the others, most like a teenage boy? |
| SHAVE | What a teenage boy who just got peach fuzz might be reluctant to do for the first time |
| MALE | Positive ___ role model (important person in a teenage boy's life, maybe) |
| MESSY | Like a teenage boy's bedroom |
| PATCHY | Like many a teenage boy's facial hair |
| ABOUTABOY | Coming of age novel by Nick Hornby, adapted into a film in 2002 (5,1,3) |
| PEACE | "A Separate ___" (John Knowles coming-of-age novel) |
| KES | Name of the windhover in Barnsley-born Barry Hines's classic coming-of-age novel that was adapted for the screen by Ken Loach (3) |
| REDSKYATMORNING | *1968 coming-of-age novel by Richard Bradford |
| ALCOTT | Coming-of-age novel pioneer |
| RUBYFRUITJUNGLE | *Coming-of-age novel by Rita Mae Brown |
| HANNA | Amazon re-imagining of a 2011 film about a teenage assassin (5) |
| THEQUEENS | Recent TV drama about a teenage chess player (3,5'1,6) |
| GAMBIT | Recent TV drama about a teenage chess player (3,5'1,6) |
| RASPBERRYBERET | Song by Prince about a teenage romance, released in 1985 (9,5) |
| TURISMO | Movie about a teenage gamer turned F1 driver (4,7) |
| GRAN | Movie about a teenage gamer turned F1 driver (4,7) |
| STORM | Colin Thiele's story about a boy and his pelican, ... Boy |
