| HANDMAIDS | Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel published in 1985, 'The - Tale' (9) |
| GILEAD | A fictional totalitarian state in Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale (6) |
| ORANGUTAN | In 1985, the San Diego Zoo had to hire rock climbers to figure out how an animal of this species kept escaping |
| BUCKYBALLS | First generated by Richard Smalley, Robert Curl and Harold Kroto in 1985, the informal name for the |
| CARLSAGAN | Astronomer who wrote the sci-fi novel 'Contact' published in 1985 (4,5) |
| UNDERHISEYE | How Offred says goodbye in Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic The Handmaid's Tale: 3 wds. |
| HANDMAIDSTALE | With 'The', Margaret Atwood's dystopian bestseller adapted as a thrilling new TV drama, airing on Bravo: 2 wds. |
| RIDERS | A novel by Jilly Cooper, first published in 1985 |
| PERFUME | Best-selling historical fantasy novel by Patrick Suskind, published in 1985 (7) |
| IRISCHASE | Protagonist of Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize-winning novel The Blind Assassin |
| METAVERSE | Tech buzzword that originated in Neal Stephenson's 1992 dystopian novel, "Snow Crash" |
| TESTAMENTS | The ___ (Margaret Atwood's new 2019 novel, a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale which came out in 1985) |
| MOIRA | Character in Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's Tale' (5) |
| OFFRED | Main character in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale (6) |
| BLIND | Margaret Atwood's Booker Prize-winning novel, published in 2000: The ___ Assassin (5) |
| THETESTAMENTS | Sequel to Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale; joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize (3,10) |
| READAGREATBOOK | Enjoy Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, as an example: 4 wds. |
| YEAR | Margaret Atwood's The ___ of the Flood |
| EDIBLE | Margaret Atwood's first novel, The ___ Woman |
| TALE | Drama series based on Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's - (4) |
