| FEVERPITCH | Memoir of his life as a football fan by British author Nick Hornby published in 1992 (5,5) |
| HIGH | _ Fidelity, 1995 novel by British author Nick Hornby (4) |
| BEFOREHAND | Previously he took on a bored fan by mistake (10) |
| PIERRELOTI | Pseudonym of Louis Marie-Julien Viaud, an author of exotic novels based on his life as a naval officer |
| ABOUTABOY | 1998 novel by English author Nick Hornby adapted into a film (2002) and a US TV series (2014-15) (5,1,3) |
| SOFTSELL | Felt loss? Fan by a type of pitch! (4,4) |
| TIMEANDMUSIC | In 5.5, King Richard is alone and reflects on his life as a king. What is the main theme of his thoughts, and what breaks up his reflections? |
| WIGHT | Real surname of James Herriot, whose memoirs describing his life as a vet in the Yorkshire Dales form the basis of the films and serials titled All Creatures Great and Small (5) |
| HORNBY | Something blown on the part of author Nick (6) |
| REDWINE | Something to depress Everton fans by English port? |
| FATHERLAND | Alternative history novel by Robert Harris published in 1992 |
| BALLPOINTS | Every quarter covered by British writers (10) |
| NINERCHILD | Young S.F. football fan? |
| LEE | "Bard of Slad" whose famous coming-of-age memoir of his Cotswolds childhood is titled after a singular moment of youthful abandon and innocent discovery involving drinking cider with Rosie (3) |
| REAL | Published in 1922,"The Velveteen Rabbit" by British author Margery Williams is a classic story of a stuffed rabbit who longed to become ___ |
| AVID | Like a football fan with a "D" and a fence |
| SUPPORTER | Take a meal with the doorman, he may be a football fan (9) |
| REACHER | Jack _, the protagonist of a series of crime thriller novels by British author Lee Child (7) |
| MARTINA | ____ Cole, British crime writer whose debut novel Dangerous Lady was published in 1992 (7) |
| DIANAHERTRUESTORY | Controversial authorised biography by Andrew Morton, published in 1992 (5,3,4,5) |
