| KIRAN | Desai who wrote the 2025 novel "The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny" |
| HARRIS | Kamala who wrote the 2025 book "107 Days" |
| KATIEKITAMURA | Author of the 2025 novel "Audition" |
| KATIE | ___ Kitamura, author of the 2025 novel "Audition" |
| GARY | With 29-Across, author of the 2025 novel "Vera, or Faith" |
| SILLITOE | Alan -; author of the novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and short story The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (8) |
| ALANSILLITOE | Author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
| ALAN | Author of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (4,8) |
| REBECCA | First name of the daughter of Sonia and Martin Fowler, who returned to Albert Square for her dad's funeral (7) |
| DISTANCE | The Loneliness of the Long- - Runner ; collection of short stories by Alan Sillitoe (8) |
| SOLITUDE | The Loneliness of the Outside Left (8) |
| ELENA | Colleague of Sonia and Clarence |
| RUTH | Court colleague of Sonia and Elena |
| THEBURIEDLIFE | What is the title of Andrea Goldsmith's 2025 novel where a central character is nicknamed Dr. Death because of his scholarly interest in the subject? (3,6,4) |
| BIANCA | Sister of Sonia Fowler who suffered at the hands of the late Reiss Colwell in EastEnders (6) |
| SKY | It's blue and sunny during the day and black and starry at night (3) |
| ANITA | Indian novelist and the mother of author Kiran Desai, _ Desai (5) |
| CUFFING | "Season" in which single people couple up to stave off the loneliness and cold of winter |
| JULIA | Name of Sonia Fowler's baby, born on the 40th anniversary of EastEnders (5) |
| NAMES | The _____: Florence Knapp's hugely successful 2025 novel (5) |
