| ELLISON | Ralph, author of the 1952 novel Invisible Man (7) |
| OCONNOR | Flannery ?, author of the 1952 novel Wise Blood (7) |
| WOUK | Author of the 1952 novel The Caine Mutiny, Herman _ (4) |
| MALAMUD | Bernard ___, author of the 1952 baseball novel The Natural |
| NATURAL | "The ...", 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud (7) |
| CALVINO | Italo ___, Italian author of the novel Invisible Cities who died in 1985 (7) |
| SILVERS | Phil, winner of the 1952 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for the show Top Banana (7) |
| MAURIAC | Francois ___, winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize in Literature (7) |
| RALPHELLISON | Author of the Harlem-set novel Invisible Man: 2 wds. |
| AGATHA | Author of the 1952 play The Mouse Trap, _ Christie (6) |
| BARBARAPYM | Writer of the 1952 comedy novel Excellent Women (7,3) |
| LOVEFOR | 1952 novel by H E Bates (4,3,5) |
| THERIVERKWAI | The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
| OLDMAN | 'The 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway (3,3,3,3,3) |
| ANDTHESEA | 'The 1952 novel by Ernest Hemingway (3,3,3,3,3) |
| BRIDGEOVER | & 22A The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
| CAROL | 2015 film adaptation of the 1952 romance novel "The Price of Salt" |
| HELSINKI | What is the capital city of Finland, the site of the 1952 summer Olympic Games? (8) |
| SCHWEITZER | Albert, winner of the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize (10) |
| ALBERTSCHWEITZER | Winner of the 1952 Nobel Prize for Peace (6,10) |
