| STREETER | Edward, writer noted for his 1949 novel Father Of The Bride (8) |
| JURA | Island of the Inner Hebrides on which George Orwell wrote his 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (4) |
| TURGENEV | Ivan ___, writer noted for his 1862 novel Fathers And Sons (8) |
| SCRAMBLE | What's cast from Father of the Bride? (8) |
| LEONAMES | 1960s "Father of the Bride" star: 2-wds. |
| BELLAMY
| Edward, author of the 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (7) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond ___, author of 1949 novel The Little Sister (8) |
| SONINLAW | What the mother of the bride calls the groom after the wedding |
| THEOASIS | 1949 novel by Mary McCarthy (3,5) |
| POPUPTOASTER | Supplier of hot meal or, post-prandially, the father of the bride? (6,7) |
| BANKS | *Both father in "Mary Poppins" and father in "Father of the Bride" |
| STEVEMARTIN | Father of the Bride actor who won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2005: 2 wds. |
| PROPOSEATOAST | What the father of the bride may do, slamming poor OAP's taste |
| DIANE | Keaton of 1991's "Father of the Bride" |
| PAROLE | Release from prison, having the lead in Father of the Bride? (6) |
| ANDY | _ Garcia, star of films Father of the Bride and Words on Bathroom Walls (4) |
| MARTIN | Surname of Father of the Bride star Steve (6) |
| GIVINGAWAY | Betraying the fact that one's father of the bride? (6,4) |
| ALGREN | Nelson ___, American writer best known for the 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm |
| NELSONALGREN | American writer best known for the 1949 novel The Man with the Golden Arm |
