| INCIDENT | The Curious ___ Of The Dog In The Night-Time, novel by Mark Haddon (8) |
| ARROW | 'Time's -', novel by Martin Amis (5) |
| REDHOUSE | The ___, 2012 novel by Mark Haddon (3,5) |
| OFBOTHER | 2006 novel by Mark Haddon (1,4,2,6) |
| TENCENTS | Old-time novel cost |
| ASPOTOFBOTHER | 2006 novel by Mark Haddon (1,4,2,6) |
| ASPOT | & 7A 2006 novel by Mark Haddon (1,4,2,6) |
| THEVCROFWAKEFIELD | Way-ahead-of-its-time novel of 1766? |
| WHEN | At which time, novel about hotel gets rejected (4) |
| BESTPLAY | Award won by "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" |
| SWINDON | Town in which Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is set (7) |
| HADDON | Mark -; novelist who wrote The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother (6) |
| ALEX | Sharp of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" |
| MARKHADDON | Author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time |
| MERCEDES | ___ McQueen, landlady of the Dog In The Pond in Chester (8) |
| SPURGEON | Charles Haddon ___, Baptist preacher known as the 'Prince of Preachers' after whom an institute of theological higher education in Croydon is named |
| THEPOWER | _ of the Dog, film starring Benedict Cumberbatch (3,5) |
| LIFELESS | 2005 novel by Mark Billingham (8) |
| CASE | The Curious ___ of Benjamin Button 2008 film directed by David Fincher starring Brad Pitt |
| PIER | The - Falls; collection of short stories by Mark Haddon (4) |