| BRICKLANE | Monica Ali novel on the 2003 Booker prize shortlist |
| LANE | Brick ___, Monica Ali novel |
| DBCPIERRE | Australian author who won the 2003 Booker Prize for the novel Vernon God Little (1,1,1,6) |
| PIERRE | DBC, Australian author who won the 2003 Booker Prize for his novel Vernon God Little (6) |
| TOBYKEITH | Singer who duetted with Willie Nelson on the 2003 hit |
| SEANPAUL | Rapper who collaborated with Beyonce on the 2003 #1 hit Baby Boy: 2 wds. |
| VERNONGODLITTLE | DBC Pierre's 2003 Booker Prize-winning novel (6,3,6) |
| NEALCASSADY | US writer who was the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the Jack Kerouac novel On the Road (4 |
| KEROUAC | Jack, author of the novel On the Road (7) |
| BEACH | Nevil Shute's end-of-the-world novel, On The ... |
| NEVILSHUTE | Author of the novel, 'On the Beach' (5,5) |
| IRIS | Author Johansen with the September 2024 novel On the Hunt |
| ANOTHERCOUNTRY | Novel on the contrary about upper class is one of Baldwin's |
| DEATH | Agatha Christie novel, ...on the Nile |
| LISTED | Novice edits novel on the stock exchange? (6) |
| PARADISE | Narrator of 1957 novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac (3,8) |
| SAL | Narrator of 1957 novel On the Road by Jack Kerouac (3,8) |
| BENHUR | Lewis Wallace's novel on the origins of Christianity (3,3) |
| ROAD | Jack Kerouac novel, On The ... |
| WENTUP | Placed novel on the counter and ascended (4,2) |
