| ALGEBRAIST | SF novel by Scottish writer Iain M. Banks, with "The" |
| GRASS | The Death Of ---, a 1956 post-apocalyptic SF novel by John Christopher (5) |
| THEWASPFACTORY | First novel by writer Iain Banks (3,4,7) |
| MONEYCHANGERS | Novel about banks, with "The" |
| ERNIE | Ballplayer Banks with the catchphrase "Let's play two" |
| REID | "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" author Iain |
| FILTH | 1998 novel by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh (5) |
| IVANHOE | Historical novel by Scottish writer Walter Scott set in twelfth-century England (7) |
| LUCKENBOOTH | 2021 novel by Scottish writer Jenni Fagan (11) |
| FED | U.S. central bank, with "the" |
| STATE | The - Of The Art; short-story collection by Iain M. Banks (5) |
| CONSIDER | 1987 novel by Iain M Banks (8,7) |
| PHLEBAS | 1987 novel by Iain M Banks (8,7) |
| CULTURE | Name given to the series of Iain M. Banks books beginning with 'Consider Phlebas' (7) |
| AFAR | - - Cry from Kensington; novel by Scottish author Muriel Spark (1,3) |
| WEIROFHERMISTON | Last novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, left unfinished at his death in 1894 (4,2,9) |
| PETERPAN | A 'Betwixt-and-Between' introduced by Scottish writer J. M. Barrie in the 1902 novel The Little White Bird (5,3) |
| JOHNREBUS | Detective protagonist of Knots And Crosses (1987) 24 subsequent novels by Scottish author Sir Ian Rankin (4,5) |
| IAIN | - M Banks, Scottish science-fiction writer (4) |
| STEVENSON | Way English archdeacon's supported by Scottish writer |
