| THEREMAINSOFTHE | Kazuo Ishiguro, who won his Nobel in 2017, is best known for this novel, made into a hit 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson |
| DAY | Kazuo Ishiguro, who won his Nobel in 2017, is best known for this novel, made into a hit 1993 film starring Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson |
| PRESIDENTOFPERU | Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa almost became this in 1990, losing to Alberto Fujimori; he won his Nobel 20 years later |
| THEELECTEDMEMBER | Bernice Rubens became the first female Booker prizewinner for this novel |
| KILLBILL | Quentin Tarantino film(s) (4,4) |
| OCEAN | 2018 Sandra Bullock film, -----'s 8 (5) |
| GUTHRIE | Folk singer best known for This Land Is Your Land. (7) |
| EAMONN | ___ Andrews, Irish presenter best known for This Is Your Life (6) |
| NYPD | "___ Blue," hit 1993-2005 series |
| DOGS | Hit 1993 Quentin Tarantino movie, Reservoir ---- (4) |
| ELCAPITAN | This rock face in Yosemite National Park, free soloed by Alex Honnold in 2017, is named for a military rank |
| VASCOROSSI | Italian singer whose Enzo Ferrari Park concert in 2017 is the highest-attended ticketed concert for a single artist: 2 wds. |
| RUBY | What type of chocolate, introduced in 2017, is marketed as the 'fourth' variety after milk, dark and white? (4) |
| MILLER | Only South African to captain the Kings XI Punjab, he is known for this quote: "If it is in the vee, hit it up a tree. If it is in the arc, hit it out of the park" |
| GONEGIRL | Gillian Flynn thriller novel made into a hit 2014 film |
| THENATURAL | 1952 Bernard Malamud novel made into a hit 1984 movie |
| ICLAUDIUS | 1934 novel made into a hit 1970s BBC/PBS miniseries |
| NEVER | ___ Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro novel made into a 2010 film (5) |
| UREY | Chemist who won the Nobel in 1934 for his discovery of deuterium (last name only) |
| OFTHEDAY | The Remains ___ 1989 novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (birthday today) for which he won the Booker Prize and which was also adapted into a film: 3 wds. |
