| NOE | What the 50,000-word novel "Gadsby" contains (amazingly) |
| ELESS | Like the novel "Gadsby" |
| GADSBY | Author Ernest Vincent Wright's lipogrammatic literary oddity of some 50,000 words minus the vowel "e" (6) |
| REPHRASED | In other words, novel readership one ignored |
| DICTION | Choice of words novel, with duke taking over force (7) |
| LALANDE | Surname of the French astronomer who, in his Histoire Celeste, catalogued the positions of about 50,000 stars (7) |
| NANETTE | 2018 Hannah Gadsby special |
| COMEDIAN | Tig Notaro or Hannah Gadsby |
| WIFE | Hannah Gadsby has called hers "spouse lady" |
| COMIC | Funny performer such as Hannah Gadsby |
| HANNAH | Nanette comedian, - Gadsby (6) |
| CHIOS | Greek island in the Aegean Sea (325 sq miles; pop about 50,000) (5) |
| LARNACA | City in southern Cyprus ( pop about 50,000), built on the ruins of ancient Citium ( 7) |
| MANTUA | Small city in northern Italy (pop about 50,000), designated the Italian City of Culture in 2017 (6) |
| BENTLEYEIGHT | Luxury car launched in 1984 priced around the £50,000 mark (7,5) |
| JOB | "What is your dream ___?" "I don't dream of labor" (Tweet with over 50,000 likes) |
| GETTYSBURG | 1863 battle in the American Civil War with around 50,000 casualties (10) |
| ASU | Sch. near Phoenix with 50,000+ undergrads |
| TASER | 50,000 volt weapon |
| EILAT | Small seaport city in southern Israel (pop about 50,000) (5) |
