| ADICHIE | The Orange Prize for Fiction-winning Igbo author of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun (7) |
| PATCHETT | Ann ---, author who won the Orange Prize for her novel Bel Canto (8) |
| OFWINTER | Novel by Helen Dunmore that won the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction (2,6) |
| ASPELL | Novel by Helen Dunmore that won the 1996 Orange Prize for Fiction (1,5) |
| NGOZI | The author of Half Of A Yellow Sun (2006) (10,5,7) |
| CHIMA | The author of Half Of A Yellow Sun (2006) (10,5,7) |
| MANDA | The author of Half Of A Yellow Sun (2006) |
| ANGOLA | Country whose flag features a machete and half of a gearwheel |
| BRIGGS | Yorta Yorta rapper and half of A.B. Original (6) |
| MARSHMALLOW | Plant related to cotton, cacao, hibiscus and hollyhock (11) |
| THOMAS | Kiwi actress who stars in Hibiscus & Ruth less, Anna-Maree ... (6) |
| THEROAD | 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Cormac McCarthy (3,4) |
| GAMBOGE | A gum resin used as the source of a yellow pigment and as a purgative |
| XANTHIC | Of a yellow tint, especially as a description of flowers (7) |
| CORNCOB | Source of a yellow vegetable (7) |
| NIGERIA | Located on Africa's western coast, this country has over a hundred spoken languages, including Yoruba, Igbo, and Ibibio. |
| THEREMAINSOF | 1989 Booker-McConnell Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (3,7,2,3,3) |
| THEDAY | 1989 Booker-McConnell Prize for Fiction-winning novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (3,7,2,3,3) |
| TILSIT | Name of the Russian town of Sovetsk from 1288 to 1946, and of a yellow cow's milk cheese produced there (6) |
| LALA | Similar to the name of a yellow being with an "Eh-oh!"-waving hand, a word used to denote a fanciful state or a dreamland (2-2) |
