| FREAKISH | Fantastic novel, "About a Boy" (unfinished) (8) |
| THETALISMAN | Stephen King and Peter Straub novel about a boy seeking a magical artifact that can heal his sick mother, featuring a Michigan college |
| THEALCHEMIST | Paulo Coelho novel about a boy who travels to find a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids: 2 wds. |
| NICKHORNBY | Author of the 1998 novel About a Boy |
| HORNBY | Nick ?, author of novels About A Boy and A Long Way Down |
| ONTHEROAD | Do another fantastic novel |
| ENVELOP | Embrace fantastic novel that breaks record |
| LOVE | Adore fantastic novel showing no end of imagination (4) |
| REASONED | About a Boy editor made a logical case (8) |
| STEVENSON | He wrote fantastic novels on US resort, I bet! (6,5,9) |
| ROBERTLOUIS | He wrote fantastic novels on US resort, I bet! (6,5,9) |
| LIFEOFPI | Book and movie about a boy on a boat with a tiger: 3 wds. |
| INSTANCE | Absurdly nice about a boy, for example (8) |
| NICHOLAS | _ Hoult, actor who starred in 2002 film About a Boy (8) |
| SEASONED | Experienced issue about a boy (8) |
| PETERNAP | Story about a boy who won't wake up? |
| RESONANT | Ringing about a boy worker |
| MYFRIEND | 1943 Roddy McDowall movie about a boy and his horse, ___ Flicka |
| WHERETHE | Maurice Sendak book about a boy called Max (5,3,4,6,3) |
| HIGHFIDELITY | Novel by the author of About a Boy (4,8) |
