| GREATINDOORS | The -, 2003 novel by Sabine Durrant (5,7) |
| CLARINETISTS | Musicians like Sabine Meyer and Benny Goodman |
| CLARINETTIST | Sabine Meyer is a noted German one (12) |
| WEEFREEMEN | "The ... ... ...", 2003 novel by Terry Pratchett (3,4,3) |
| SONGREADER | "The ... ...", 2003 novel by Lisa Tucker (4,6) |
| WORKS | The -, 2003 novel by Joseph Connolly (5) |
| HOUSE | The - , 2003 novel by Imogen Edwards-Jones (5,5) |
| WENDY | The - , 2003 novel by Imogen Edwards-Jones (5,5) |
| GOODWIFE | The -, 2003 novel by Elizabeth Buchan |
| TATTOOED | & 22D The -, 2003 novel by Joyce Carol Oates (8,4) |
| KNOW | The -, 2003 novel by Martina Cole (4) |
| SOLDIERS | Onward, Christian _, 19th-century hymn by Sabine Baring-Gould and Arthur Sullivan (8) |
| ILES | Greg, author of the 2003 novel The Footprints of God (4) |
| BROWN | Dan -----, author of the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code (5) |
| MONICA | and 20 Author of the 2003 novel Brick Lane (6,3) |
| ALI | Monica, author of the 2003 novel Brick Lane (3) |
| ROMULUS | Storied planner of the abduction of the Sabine women |
| LIONEL | Author of the 2003 novel We Need To Talk About Kevin, _ Shriver (6) |
| ORANGE | City on the Sabine |
| BASENJI | Sabine to jump-start the flippin' dog! (7) |