| CARRY | Transport Mr King's novel, we're told (5) |
| INHALANTS | Has new Latin novel - we're prepared to be inspired! |
| BBS | Blues guitar legend Mr. King's |
| TOWER | Matthew Mcconaughey sci-fi fantasy film based on Stephen King's novel series, The Dark ___ (5) |
| EERIE | Like Stephen King's novels |
| GRANT | Lytton Strachey's cousin who co-founded the Bloomsbury Group; or, the author whose Lovejoy novels were adapted into a television drama (5) |
| NEEDFUL | American horror film based on Stephen King's novel, ------- Things (7) |
| THOMAS | American-Canadian writer Mr. King |
| LAR | Broadcaster Mr. King, for short |
| STEPHEN | Mr King, US author (7) |
| SWIMMINGTRUNKS | Exercise Mr King must win by sea, wearing these? (8,6) |
| MARTINI | Mr. King and I concocted a drink (7) |
| DEADZONE | Sci-Fi horror of 1983 directed by David Cronenberg, based on Stephen King's novel, with The: 2 wds. |
| PETSEMATARY | 1989 horror film adapted from Stephen King's novel of the same name (3,8) |
| OVERLOOK | The hotel in Kubrick's film of Stephen King's novel, The Shining. |
| STIEGLARSSON | Best-selling Swedish author whose 'Millennium Trilogy' novels were published after his death in 2004 (5,7) |
| WOUK | Two of his novels were called "the war itself" by Kissinger |
| SPARKS | Many of his novels were made into romantic drama movies |
| BURLEY | Author whose Wycliffe novels were adapted into a television drama (6) |
| GRAHAM | Winston ____'s best-known novels were the Poldark series |
