| DOSTOEVSKY | Fyodor ?, author of novels The Idiot and The Possessed (10) |
| ROCKOPERAS | Green Day's "American Idiot" and The Who's "Tommy" |
| LINDABLAIR | American actress who played the possessed child, Regan, in The Exorcist, and its sequel, Exorcist II: The Heretic |
| BOOKCASE | Arrange tickets for the lawyer supporting the idiot and the gambler, for example (8) |
| ASSEVERATE | Idiot and first lady deserve to take pledge (10) |
| PUNISHMENT | Crime and ___, 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky featuring the character Rodion Raskolnikov |
| DOSTOEVSKI | Fyodor, Crime and Punishment novelist (10) |
| COSTANZA | He calls himself "Lord of the Idiots" and spends a lot of time hanging out his best friends Jerry, Kramer and Elaine |
| THEHOUSEOF | And 4 1862 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (3,5,2,3,4) |
| CHINAGIRL | Song co-written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, recorded by Iggy Pop on his 1977 album The Idiot and by David Bowie on his album Let's Dance in 1983 |
| LPS | Iggy Pop's "The Idiot" and Elliott Smith's "Either/Or," for two |
| LINDA | She's the possessed Regan in the late William Friedkin's The Exorcist (5,5) |
| BLAIR | She's the possessed Regan in the late William Friedkin's The Exorcist (5,5) |
| ELIF | "The Possessed" author Batuman |
| THEDEVILS | Dostoevsky novel also entitled The Possessed (3,6) |
| MORON | Idiot and person of faith losing marbles, initially (5) |
| WERE | "Suppose you ___ an idiot. And suppose you ___ a member of Congress. But I repeat myself": Mark Twain |
| ADDITION | Take nothing away from idiot and cook (8) |
| ASSISTANT | Shop worker is idiot and is ultimately incompetent worker (9) |
| BEATIT | Act like an idiot and go away |
