| DORIS | Novelist -- Lessing |
| MARTHAQUEST | 1952 novel by Doris Lessing |
| ISLE | Man for one in Doris Lessing |
| SINGLES | Tennis matches in Lessing novel (7) |
| THEGOOD | 1985 novel by Doris Lessing (3,4,9) |
| FIFTHCHILD | The -, 1988 short novel by Doris Lessing (5,5) |
| THEGOLDENNOTEBOOK | 1962 novel by Doris Lessing whose central character is Anna Wulf |
| THESTORM | 1958 novel by Doris Lessing (1,6,4,3,5) |
| ARIPPLEFROM | 1958 novel by Doris Lessing (1,6,4,3,5) |
| HAS | "Every child ___ the capacity to be everything": Doris Lessing |
| THEGOLDEN | 1962 novel by Doris Lessing whose central character is Anna Wulf (3,6,8) |
| GOODTERRORIST | 'The ---', 1985 novel by Doris Lessing (4,9) |
| CALLS | Cheever and Lessing like subtle openings; does Bellow? |
| ISLES | Small land holdings in Doris Lessing book (5) |
| NOTEBOOK | 1962 novel by Doris Lessing whose central character is Anna Wulf (3,6,8) |
| TERRORIST | 'The Good ---', 1985 novel by Doris Lessing (9) |
| SIT | "___ Down", 1989 single by English band James inspired by author Doris Lessing (3) |
| CLEFT | The ___, 2007 novel by Doris Lessing (5) |
| REMARQUE | "... Western Front" novelist |
| ORWELL | "1984" novelist George |
