| OLDMANANDTHESEA | Hemingway novel, with "The"A |
| SEA | Title setting for a Hemingway novel, with "the" |
| CLOWNED | Played the fool with the A£100 possessed (7) |
| ALPHABET | Help a bat out with the A-Z (8) |
| MIT | Sch. with the a cappella group The Chorallaries |
| ENGLISHROSES | General name of the flowers bred by David Austin; or, prefixed with "The", a children's picture book by Madonna (7,5) |
| MAZURKA | Kumar with the a-z of the Polish dance (7) |
| BACHELOR | With "The," a reality series about searching for love |
| FIRM | With "The," a John Grisham book (4) |
| RITZ | 1975 Rita Moreno play, with "The"A |
| HOBNOB | Schmooze, as with the A-list |
| ROTA | Go off with the A list (4) |
| YELLOWHAMMER | Bird with the "a little bit of bread and no cheese" song (12) |
| ICK | With "the," a sudden flip from attraction to disgust, in modern parlance |
| FAREWELLTOARMS | A _ _ _, 1929 Ernest Hemingway novel set during the Italian campaign of the First World War (8,2,4) |
| MAN | The Old ___ and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway novel) |
| TSAR | Word that's the initials of a Hemingway novel |
| ALSO | "The Sun ___ Rises"; movie based on a Hemingway novel |
| OLDMAN | The ... and the Sea (Hemingway novel) (3,3) |
| OLDMANANDTHESEE | Hemingway novel about an aged bishop? (with "The") |
