| NUMBERTHESTARS | Lois Lowry's work of historical fiction about the escape of a Jewish family during World War II |
| TOMSTOPPARD | Czech-born British playwright whose play Leopoldstadt traces a Jewish family history in Vienna (3,8) |
| GIVER | Lois Lowry's 1994 Newbery Medal winner, with "The" |
| WHODUNIT | A work of fiction about the solving of a mystery, especially a murder (8) |
| ARGO | 2012 film starring U.S. actor Ben Affleck about the escape of U.S. diplomats from Iran (4) |
| THEODESSAFILE | Frederick Forsyth novel about the escape of SS members after WWII (3,6,4) |
| LEAK | Homophonous with the name of a spring onion-like scallion, a word for a crack allowing the escape of liquid, gas or figurative secret information (4) |
| AGASAGA | Work of fiction about the English middle classes |
| SHORT | Netflix animation that tells the story of a middle-class Jewish family (5) |
| STORY | Netflix animation that tells the story of a middle-class Jewish family (5) |
| LONG | Netflix animation that tells the story of a middle-class Jewish family (4) |
| CLARIFICATION | Racial fiction about the making of it understandable (13) |
| MANTEL | Academic books on the Spanish writer of historical fiction Dame Hilary (6) |
| LEONURIS | Author of historical fiction born in 1924 whose novels include 'Exodus' (4,4) |
| BOLEYN | Prominent, ambitious English family during the Tudor period, one of whom became Henry VIII's queen (6) |
| SKYE | Hebridean island immortalised in a song describing the escape of the young pretender Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie (4) |
| LEAKAGE | The escape of water or other fluid from a hole in a vessel (7) |
| CHIMNEY | Word for a fireplace or furnace originally, later a stack for the escape of said hearth's fumes and smoke (7) |
| SKYEBOATSONG | Song recalling the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 |
| URIS | Best-selling author of historical fiction |
