| THETESTAMENTS | Sequel to Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale; joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize (3,10) |
| ATWOOD | Margaret ---, Canadian author who was joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize for her novel The Testaments (6) |
| EVARISTO | Bernadine __, joint winner of the 2019 Booker prize (8) |
| GIRLWOMANOTHER | Novel by Bernardine Evaristo and co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize (4,5,5) |
| OFFRED | Main character in Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale (6) |
| GILEAD | Fictional totalitarian state in which Margaret Atwood's novel The Handmaid's Tale is set (6) |
| MOIRA | Character in Margaret Atwood's novel 'The Handmaid's Tale' (5) |
| JOHNCOCKCROFT | English physicist, joint winner of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Physics (4,9) |
| ROALDHOFFMANN | Joint winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (5,8) |
| NELSONMANDELA | Joint winner of the Nobel peace prize in 1993 |
| TALE | Drama series based on Margaret Atwood's novel, The Handmaid's - (4) |
| MARGARET | And 32 Across Canadian author who was joint winner of the 2019 Booker Prize for her novel The Testaments (8,6) |
| MARGARETATWOOD | Author of the dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale and its sequel The Testaments: 2 wds. |
| SERENA | ___ Joy (Former televangelist character in Margaret Atwood novel The handmaid's Tale) |
| TRUMP | Winner of the 2019 World Snooker Championship and the 2019 Masters title (4,5) |
| OTHER | "Girl, Woman, ___" (2019 Booker Prize-winning novel by Bernardine Evaristo) |
| MARADONA | Diego ___, one of two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award |
| HALEP | Surname of the winner of the 2019 ladies' Wimbledon championship (5) |
| OMANI | Like Jokha Alharthi, winner of the 2019 Man Booker International Prize |
| NIEMANN | Chilean golfer; winner of the 2019 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier and 2022 Genesis Invitational tournaments (7) |
