| AUTOGRAPHMAN | The ___, 2002 novel by Zadie Smith (9,3) |
| ONBEAUTY | Novel by Zadie Smith published in 2005 (2,6) |
| WHITETEETH | 2000 novel by Zadie Smith |
| TEETH | and 24dn, 2000 novel by Zadie Smith (5,5) |
| WHITE | and 24dn, 2000 novel by Zadie Smith (5,5) |
| SWINGTIME | 1936 film starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers; novel by Zadie Smith (5,4) |
| SHORE | Kafka on the ___ 2002 novel by Haruki Murakami which received the World Fantasy Award in 2006 |
| MURDERBOOK | The ___, 2002 novel by Jonathan Kellerman (6,4) |
| TEAROSE | The ___, 2002 novel by Jennifer Donnelly (3,4) |
| EXFACTOR | The ___, 2002 novel by Andrea Semple (2-6) |
| RICEMOTHER | The ___, 2002 novel by Rani Manicka (4,6) |
| GREEN | The ___, 2002 novel by Frederic Tuten (5,4) |
| SCAR | The ___, 2002 novel by China Mieville (4) |
| FRAUD | "The ___" (2023 best-seller by Zadie Smith) |
| ZED | Character debuted by Zadie Smith? |
| KALAHARI | 13, 6 and 15 Across The ___, 2002 novel by Alexander McCall Smith (8,6,6,3,3) |
| ERSATZ | Substitute took a seat after hesitation by Zadie initially (6) |
| WEHITTEETH | Zadie Smith book about boxers who specialize in punching people in the mouth? |
| KINGS | Which Cambridge college was founded by King Henry VI and counts among its alumni Robert Walpole, John Maynard Keynes. Salman Rushdie and Zadie Smith? (5) |
| ESSAYS | Some Zadie Smith works |
