| SALINGER | J D ___, author of The Catcher in the Rye (8) |
| JDSALINGER | US author of 'The Catcher in the Rye' (1,1,8) |
| NARRATOR | Holden Caulfield has this role in the novel The Catcher In The Rye (8) |
| HOLDENCAULFIELD | Central character of The Catcher in the Rye |
| OUTSTRETCHED | The hand of the catcher in mid-air - or the prisoner in jail longer than another? (12) |
| JAMES | P D ___, author of the novels Original Sin and A Mind to Murder (5) |
| TAYLOR | Mildred D. ___, author of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry," 1977 |
| IFYOUREALLYWANT | Opening of "The Catcher in the R..." (TL;DR) |
| POWER | The 2002 Buick LeSabre was named "Best Full-Size Car in Initial Quality" by J.D. ___ and Associates |
| HOLDEN | Protagonist and narrator of the 1951 J. D. Salinger novel The Catcher in the Rye (6,9) |
| CAULFIELD | Protagonist and narrator of the 1951 J. D. Salinger novel The Catcher in the Rye (6,9) |
| RUDD | Paul of "The Catcher Was a Spy" (2018) |
| VANCE | J. D. ___, ex-senator from Ohio who is U.S. vice president (5) |
| ANDALL | Holden Caulfield's usual sentence-ender in The Catcher in the Rye |
| PHONY | Frequent insult in "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| SALINGERSONGWRITER | "The Catcher in the Rye" author's tune penner? |
| ALLIE | Holden's late brother in 'The Catcher in the Rye' |
| PHOEBE | Holden's younger sister in "The Catcher in the Rye" |
| JDS | The Catcher in the Rye author's inits. |
| NOVEL | "The Catcher in the Rye," e.g. |
