| PERCIVAL | With 17-Across, author of "James," a reimagining of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
| JAMES | *Percival Everett's reimagining of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
| TWAIN | Mark ..., author of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' |
| SALMAN | With 17-Across, author of 23-Across |
| SARAH | With 17-Across, author of the 2024 novel "Liars" |
| MARK | Pen name of the author of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn (4,5) |
| MARKTWAIN | Author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (4,5) |
| YOU | First word of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
| MISSISSIPPI | US river for Jim and Huck in The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn |
| THEGREATAMERICANNOVEL | "Moby-Dick" or "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" |
| IKNOWWHOSEWOODS | Modern reimagining of a Robert Frost classic, part 1 |
| MYLADY | Prime reimagining of a tragic Queen's tale, ___ Jane (2,4) |
| EPIC | Long poem of adventures of heroic, legendary figures |
| CHILD | Lee _, pen name of James a Grant, creator of the Jack I Reacher novel series (5) |
| FLEMING | Ian -, author of James Bond series of books (7) |
| DAHL | Surname of the author of James and the Giant Peach (4) |
| IANFLEMING | Original writer of James Bond series (which got a new author this year) (3,7) |
| MALEFICENT | Reimagining of an earlier Disney film, from the antagonist's perspective |
| EASYA | 2010 Emma Stone reimagining of The Scarlet Letter (4,1) |
| MATLOCK | Kathy Bates starred in the reimagining of this legal drama |
