| SHINGLE | English novel that's On Chesil Beach? |
| SONGOFSOLOMON | Best-selling Toni Morrison novel that's on Michelle Obama's recommended reading list: 3 wds. |
| EXITWEST | Best-selling Mohsin Hamid novel that's on Michelle Obama's recommended reading list: 2 wds. |
| MCEWAN | English author of novels including The Comfort of Strangers and On Chesil Beach, and of several screenplays including The Ploughman's Lunch (6) |
| MCEVAN | Novelist who wrote Atonement, On Chesil Beach and Nutshell (6) |
| DORSET | County that inspired Thomas Hardy to write Far from the Madding Crowd, John Fowles The French Lieutenant's Woman, T. F. Powys Mr. Weston's Good Wine and Ian McEwan On Chesil Beach (6) |
| IANMCEWAN | British author of novels including Atonement and On Chesil Beach (3,6) |
| IAN | First name of author of Atonement, Saturday and On Chesil Beach (3) |
| BEACH | Our star's movie: On Chesil - |
| WEYMOUTH | Seaside town on the southern tip of the Jurassic Coast near Chesil Beach and the Isle of Portland (8) |
| STARSANDSTRIPES | Looks round Chesil Beach, perhaps, for flag |
| SPIT | Ends up as Chesil Beach, say (4) |
| FLEET | _ Lagoon at Chesil Beach, bass and bream nursery (5) |
| PORTLAND | Isle of -; forming part of the Jurassic Coast, a peninsula joined to Chesil Beach by a causeway (8) |
| CHAP | As I was walking along Chesil Beach, a passer-by, a man, bumped into me (4) |
| JURASSIC | - Coast; region including Chesil Beach, Durdle Door, Lulworth Cove and Old Harry Rocks (8) |
| BRIDPORT | Market town in Dorset near the western end of Chesil Beach (8) |
| ISLEOFPORTLAND | Limestone peninsula in Dorset, connected to the mainland by Chesil Beach (4,2,8) |
| ENVELOPE | Cover of English novel redesigned with purple on the outside |
| THEMOONSTONE | He makes cheeky revelation in Times about English novel (3,9) |
