| THEREDPONY | Steinbeck novella set on a horse ranch |
| EASTRIDING | Seat set on a horse in part of Yorkshire (4,6) |
| OFMICEANDMEN | Steinbeck novella set during the Great Depression |
| THEPEARL | Steinbeck novella set in La Paz |
| ZION | Horse Ranch Mountain's national park |
| SHEPHERD | The ___, 1975 Frederick Forsyth novella set on Christmas Eve 1957 (8) |
| REDPONY | Steinbeck novella about a boy growing up on a ranch, with "The" |
| DEATHINVENICE | Thomas Mann novella set in Italy (5,2,6) |
| PEARL | Precious object in a Steinbeck novella |
| MICE | Of _ And Men, John Steinbeck novella telling the story of migrant ranch workers (4) |
| MEN | Of Mice and ___ (John Steinbeck novella) |
| RED | "The ___ Pony" (John Steinbeck novella) |
| OF | "__ Mice and Men" (Steinbeck novella) |
| BUST | A sculpted portrait, often set on a pedestal in a grand room; the economic antithesis of a boom; a blackjack loser's fate; or, a police raid involving a smash of a door or gate (4) |
| CANNERYROW | 1945 novel by John Steinbeck set on a street in Monterey |
| ODE | A long unmetred poem on heroic deeds set on a lofty style |
| THELOVEBOA | Dramedy set on a luxury cruise ship ... whose captain is a creature with a romantic squeeze? |
| FRET | Bendlets interlaced with a mascle; ornamental meander such as the Greek key pattern; or, each of a series of bars set on a guitar's fingerboard (4) |
| ROOD | A crucifix, especially one set on a beam or screen at the entrance to the chancel of a church (4) |
| TEX | S.E. Hinton novel set on a ranch |
