| LESSING | Doris ___, author of The Grass is Singing (1950) (7) |
| DORIS | British-Zimbabwean novelist awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2007; The Grass Is Singing (1950), The Golden Notebook (1962) etc. (5,7) |
| RAGS | Most of the grass is cut, kids (4) |
| MISHEAR | Think that Dylan is singing "The ants are my friend..." (7) |
| LEIS | Doris ---, British writer whose novels included The Grass Is Singing (7) |
| DORISLESSING | Zimbabwean-British writer whose novels include The Grass Is Singing (5,7) |
| INVOICE | Bill is singing well! (7) |
| CAROLYN | Girl who is singing a seasonal song, we hear |
| SWAIN | Rustic type puts the hay-cart near the end of the grass (5) |
| LAWCOURT | Most of the grass for playing tennis is for The Suits (3,5) |
| BAMBOO | What plant is the largest member of the grass family? (6) |
| RICE | What is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa, used as food? (4) |
| REED | In the middle of my garden in East Looe, I've planted three trees and a plant of the grass family (4) |
| NEEDLEANDTHREAD | ___-___-___ (name of the grass emblem of Saskatchewan) |
| REEMERGE | Come out of hiding with most of the grass for get-together (2-6) |
| KEARNS | "Team of Rivals" author Doris __ Goodwin |
| DAY | Doris ___ is Jan Morrow in the 1959 movie, Pillow Talk (3) |
| SHEAR | Some of the grass he arranged to cut (5) |
| BLADES | They cut some of the grass |
| REGISTER | Become aware of how high a vocalist is singing (8) |
