| ANNCLEEVES | Vera and Shetland are based on her novels (3,7) |
| ANN | Cleeves behind "Vera" and "Shetland" |
| NORTHERNISLES | Orkney and Shetland are Scotland’s ____ |
| BROWNBEARS | The NCAA's ___ ___ are based on Rhode Island |
| SITTENFELD | Curtis who said that her novel "Romantic Comedy" was inspired by " 'Saturday Night Live,' my love of celebrity gossip, and my love of love" (April, 2023) |
| LEPRECHAUN | Clean up her novel with a little Irish spirit (10) |
| READERSHIP | The book-buying public praised her novel |
| OPERAS | What the musicals "Beggar's Holiday" and "Rent" are based on |
| SYNGE | Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (5) |
| PLAYS | The 2019 films "Golda's Balcony" and "Judy" are based on them |
| FLEABAG | TV series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 |
| PUFFIN | Known as the "clown of the sea" and thus collectively as a circus, an auk found on the Farne Islands and Shetland as well as on Lundy, the island that derived its name from the Norse word for this bir |
| DAPHNEDUMAURIER | A movie based on her book won the Best Picture Oscar in 1940 |
| HELENKANE | Betty Boop was based on her |
| AGNESGREY | Anne Bronte novel based on her own experiences as a governess |
| IRISMURDOCH | Flowery-named author (1919-1999), known for her novels about good and evil, and morality (4,7) |
| NUNEATON | Town noted for its connections to George Eliot, who was born locally on the Arbury Estate and drew inspiration from the area for her novels (8) |
| GILL | ___ Hornby, author noted for her novels Miss Austen and The Hive (4) |
| QUEENIE | Children's novel by Jacqueline Wilson based on her character Elsie Kettle; or, regional dialect in S |
| AROOMOFONES | ___ Own writer Virginia Woolf's extended essay based on her lectures delivered at Cambridge University: 4 wds. |
