| DREAMER | One living in a world of fantasy or illusion (7) |
| AUTISTIC | Living in a world of fantasy |
| NOONEELSE | "We'll build a world of our own that ... can share; All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there; And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind; When we live in a world of our own" (2-3,4) |
| PIONEER | One living in a sod house |
| DUALIST | Believer in a world of good vs. evil |
| ABSENT | Led out steel band in a world of one's own (6) |
| OUTTOLUNCH | In a world of one's own (3,2,5) |
| SILENCE | Thich Nhat Hanh book subtitled "The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise" |
| TRAILER | One may begin with 'In a world ... ' |
| ROUSSEAU | Philosopher who wrote "To be sane in a world of madmen is in itself madness" |
| DREAMY | Read my novel in a world of its own (6) |
| HOLLYWOOD | How Ms Parton joined the circle in a world of stars (9) |
| MARINER | Member of the only M.L.B. team never to have played in a World Series |
| KINGRAT | 1962 debut novel by James Clavell, set in a World War II prisoner of war camp (4,3) |
| STRAITS | In a world atlas, three ____ are Bering, Palk and Sunda |
| SADSACK | Which misfit GI comic strip character originated in a World War II US Army magazine? (3,4) |
| DREAM | Identical in form with Old English for "joy, jubilation, mirth, music, sound", word for an oneiric or somnial fantasy; or, a person or thing as pleasant or seemingly unreal as such a reverie (5) |
| IDOL | Word for an image of a deity; object of devotion; fantasy or phantom; or, celebrity, hero, luminary etc celebrated or worshipped as a god (4) |
| MAGIC | Sorcery performed by a thaumaturgist; a mysterious conjuring trick or illusion produced by sleight of hand; or, the art of thus |
| ESCAPIST | One living in a fantasy world |
