| BETWEENTHE | With 38-Across, 2015 memoir by Ta-Nehisi Coates written as a letter to his son: 2 wds. |
| BALANCE | "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your - you must keep moving." Albert Einstein in a letter to his son Eduard (7) |
| SILVERSPOONS | 1980s Ricky Schroder sitcom about a wealthy businessman reunited with his son: 2 wds. |
| INLAW | Relation that Paul Robinson is to Krista, following her marriage to his son (2-3) |
| REASONS | - to Stay Alive; 2015 memoir by novelist by Matt Haig (7) |
| SENT | Transmitted, as a letter to a friend |
| MESSAGE | 2024 nonfiction work by Ta-Nehisi Coates, with "The" |
| RACE | Subject of many essays by Ta-Nehisi Coates |
| KATEMULGREW | Actress who wrote the 2015 memoir "Born With Teeth": 2 wds. |
| MAMASBOY | Insulting term for an overly devoted son: 2 wds. |
| SONS | "The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two ___, and an Unlikely Road to Manhood" (Ta-Nehisi Coates memoir) |
| SAMUELCLEMENS | Writing as Mark Twain, who wrote a letter to his young daughter, A Letter from Santa Claus (1875) |
| DAP | "The Sacred Art of Giving ___": Ta-Nehisi Coates essay about a friendly greeting |
| EIGHT | "We Were ___ Years in Power" (Ta-Nehisi Coates essay collection) |
| EBOOK | Downloadable Ta-Nehisi Coates, e.g. |
| AND | "Between the World ___ Me" (Ta-Nehisi Coates book) |
| DICTATE | How a despot may give a letter to his secretary? (7) |
| NOTEBOOK | The ___ 2004 film starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams where the protagonist writes a letter to his lover every day for a year |
| CAREYMULLIGAN | "Maestro" actress who is married to musician Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons: 2 wds. |
| IANBALDING | US-born British horse trainer who retired in 2002 and gave his Park House stables licence to his son Andrew |
