| MAN | see 1dn, 1944 novel by Saul Bellow |
| DANGLING | see 1dn, 1944 novel by Saul Bellow |
| DANGLINGMAN | 1944 novel by Saul Bellow (8,3) |
| HERZOG | 1964 novel by Saul Bellow (6) |
| AUGIEMARCH | Eponymous hero of a picaresque novel by Saul Bellow published in 1953 |
| SEIZE | ___ the Day 1956 novel by Saul Bellow whose plot takes place over a single day |
| HUMBDLOT | Titular gifted protagonist of a Pulitzer Prizewinning 1975 novel by Saul Bellow (8) |
| HENDERSON | ' ********* The Rain King', book by Saul Bellow published in 1959 (9) |
| RAVELSTEIN | Last book by Saul Bellow published in 2000 possibly is relevant (10) |
| TOWARDS | 1944 novel by Agatha Christie (7,4) (see 20D) |
| ZERO | 1944 novel by Agatha Christie (7,4) (see 23D) |
| HORSESMOUTH | The ___, 1944 novel by Joyce Cary (6,5) |
| DELICATEAPE | The ___, 1944 novel by Dorothy B Hughes (8,3) |
| FRIDAYSCHILD | 1944 novel by Georgette Heyer (7,5) |
| CANNERY | "--- Row", 1944 novel by John Steinbeck (7) |
| TOWARDSZERO | 1944 novel by Agatha Christie |
| EDGE | "The Razor's ___" - - 1944 novel by W. Somerset Maugham (4) |
| DRAGONWYCK | 1944 novel by Anya Seton |
| THERAZORSEDGE | 1944 novel by Somerset Maugham (3,6,4) |
| FAIRSTOOD | 1, 5 and 12 1944 novel by H E Bates (4,5,3,4,3,6) |
