| TIMBUKTU | I999 novella by Pat! Auster about Mr Bones the dog (8) |
| THEMUSE | I999 film with Albeit Brooks and Sharon Stone |
| SKELETON | Mr. bones |
| RENOUNCE | Disown parent's feral cat, no pats! (8) |
| HAPPYFAMILIES | Card game that includes Mr Bones, the Butcher (5,8) |
| BORNFRED | Song about Mr. Rogers' arrival? |
| MEAT | "The nearer the bone, the sweeter the __" |
| NOTUS | Greek god or personification of the south wind with the Roman or literary equivalent Auster (5) |
| ILLUSIONS | 'The Book of ********* ', novel by Paul Auster published in 2002 (9) |
| NEWYORK | The _ Trilogy, series by US author Paul Auster (3,4) |
| ULNAE | "Bones", the reverse of Captain Picard, say, ignoring boundaries |
| ILIAD | Died next to bones - the story of war |
| PIPS | Spots on bones, the first sign of poison delivering lead in healthy joints (4) |
| ARMBONE | In "Dry Bones," the hand bone's connected to this. |
| NECK | Long part of a giraffe that has seven bones (the same number that humans have) |
| BRIAR | First volume in Greg Keye's The Kingdom Of Thorn And Bone, The ... King |
| STERNUM | Bone the money for the rent, flung inside (7) |
| SMOKE | Wayne Wang film written by Paul Auster featuring William Hurt as Paul Benjamin (5) |
| MANINTHEDARK | 2008 novel by Paul Auster (3,2,3,4) |
| KARATEKID | 1984 movie about Mr. Miyagi and his student, with 'The' |
