| BRIDGETJONES | Helen Fielding's novel-turned-romantic comedy follows this character's Diary (7,5) |
| RHAPSODIC | Porch said to have turned romantic (9) |
| SHREWSBURY | In the play's opening speech, this characters mentions "King Henry's victory, Who in a bloody field..." Where is the bloody field he mentions? |
| INDY | Ke Huy Quan was this character's sidekick in a 1984 hit |
| ALLWORTHY | Philanthropist in Fielding's novel Tom Jones (9) |
| BLIFIL | Nephew of Squire Allworthy in Henry Fielding's novel The History Of Tom Jones (6) |
| TOMJONES | Singer in Fielding's novel |
| NORMALPEOPLE | Sally Rooney novel- turned- series about a complex relationship |
| SHARPOBJECTS | Gillian Flynn novel- turned- HBO miniseries |
| BIOCHEMISTRY | Science laboratory's termination follows this microbe getting out of control |
| AUSTEN | Author whose novel Pride and Prejudice was Helen Fielding's inspiration for the plot of Bridget Jones's Diary (6) |
| EDGE | The - of Reason; second novel in Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones series (4) |
| JONES | Helen Fielding's fictional diarist (7,5) |
| BRIDGET | Helen Fielding's fictional diarist (7,5) |
| DIARY | Bridget Jones's ___, first of three films, based on Helen Fielding's books, starring 17A in the title role (5) |
| LAURA | Vera Caspary novel turned into a 1944 film |
| ATOWNLIKE | Nevil Shute novel turned into film (1,4,4,5) |
| PEACE | War And ___, Tolstoy's epic novel turned into a miniseries starring 63D (5) |
| STORY | "It's Kind of a Funny ___" (Ned Vizzini novel turned movie) |
| VANITY | _ Fair, novel-turned-2004 Reese Witherspoon film (6) |
