| CABIN | Uncle Tom's _, novel by US author Harriet Beecher Stowe (5) |
| BARDO | Lincoln In The _, novel by US writer George Saunders which won the 2017 Booker Prize (5) |
| FROME | 1911 novel by US author Edith Wharton set in the fictional Massachusetts town of Starkfield (5) |
| ETHAN | 1911 novel by US author Edith Wharton set in the fictional Massachusetts town of Starkfield (5) |
| SHANE | 1949 novel by US author Jack Schaefer adapted into an Oscar-winning western starring Alan Ladd in 1953 (5) |
| CROSS | The protagonist of over 30 novels by US author James Patterson, Alex _ (5) |
| STOWE | "Uncle Tom's Cabin" author Harriet Beecher ___ |
| MOSES | Go ---, ---, 1942 book by US author William Faulkner (4,5) |
| BOMBS | CTV's Clark breaks big news = Toms _____ |
| NATTY | Hero of the five novels of the Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841 (5,6) |
| CRANE | Protagonist of the 1820 story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by US author Washington Irving (7,5) |
| CONAN | Fantasy hero of the fictional Hyborian Age created by US author Robert E. Howard in 1932 (5) |
| BELLA | Female protagonist of the young adult tetralogy Twilight (2005-08) by US author Stephenie Meyer (5,4) |
| AROSE | - for Emily'. 1930 short story by US author William Faulkner (1,4) |
| DINER | Tom's ___ (where Suzanne Vega got her coffee) |
| GORKYPARK | 1981 crime novel by US author Martin Cruz Smith set in Cold War-era Moscow (5,4) |
| GET | 1990 novel by US author Elmore Leonard followed by the sequel Be Cool in 1999 (3) |
| SHORTY | 1990 novel by US author Elmore Leonard followed by the sequel Be Cool in 1999 (6) |
| ZORRO | Heroic alter ego of the fictional Don Diego de la Vega, created by US writer Johnston McCulley in 1919 (5) |
| ONEDAY | Novel by Us author David Nicholls, made into a film starring Anne Hathaway (3,3) |
