| OFCARDS | Debut novel by Michael Dobbs featuring the character Francis Urquhart (2,5) |
| HOUSE | Debut novel by Michael Dobbs featuring the character Francis Urquhart (5) |
| HOUSEOFCARDS | 1989 novel by Michael Dobbs featuring the character Francis Urquhart (5,2,5) |
| CARVERS | The Stone ___ (2001 bestselling art/ war novel by Canadian author Jane Urquhart) |
| PATIENT | The English -; novel by Michael Ondaatje, author also of the poem The Cinnamon Peeler (7) |
| CHATEAU | Two beverages served at top of Urquhart Castle? |
| AURELIO | First name of the police detective played by Rufus Sewell in the TV series Zen, based on novels by Michael Dibdin |
| CLOSERS | The ?, 2005 novel by Michael Connelly (7) |
| ENGLISH | 'The --- Patient', novel by Michael Ondaatje (7) |
| DOBBS | Life peer, novelist and politician who penned the Francis Urquhart trilogy comprising House of Cards, To Play the King and The Final Cut (5) |
| OCTOBER | The Hunt For Red ---, 1984 debut novel by Tom Clancy (7) |
| CHASING | and 21 2002 novel by Michael Connelly (7,3,4) |
| THEDROP | 2011 novel by Michael Connelly (3,4) |
| WITNESS | 2011 novel by Michael Connelly (3.5.7) |
| THEDIME | 2002 novel by Michael Connelly (7,3,4) |
| KINGDOM | Kensuke's _, 1999 children's novel by Michael Morpurgo (7) |
| THEDARK | 1955 debut novel by Mario Puzo (3,4,5) |
| PROTEGE | 1980 debut novel by Malcolm MacPherson (7) |
| IMMORAL | 2005 debut novel by Brian Freeman (7) |
| CARDS | House of, political thriller written by Michael Dobbs (5) |
