| EDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4) |
| EASTOFEDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck |
| EAST | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck, _ Of Eden (4) |
| EASTOF | & 20A 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4,2,4) |
| OFEDEN | 1952 novel by John Steinbeck (4,2,4) |
| DOWN | 1942 novel by John Steinbeck (4) |
| FLAT | 1933 novel by John Steinbeck (4) |
| WOUK | Author of the 1952 novel The Caine Mutiny, Herman _ (4) |
| KWAI | River in the title of a 1952 novel and a 1957 film (4) |
| THERIVERKWAI | The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
| BRIDGEOVER | & 22A The -, 1952 novel by Pierre Boulle (6,4,3,5,4) |
| LOVEFOR | 1952 novel by H E Bates (4,3,5) |
| LYDIA | 1952 novel by H E Bates (4,3,5) |
| LOVEFORLYDIA | 1952 novel by H.E. Bates (4,3,5) |
| MENATARMS | 1952 novel by Evelyn Waugh (3,2,4) |
| WISEBLOOD | 1952 novel by Flannery O'Connor whose central character is Hazel Motes (4,5) |
| NATURAL | "The ...", 1952 novel by Bernard Malamud (7) |
| HEMLOCKAND | 1952 novel by Angus Wilson (7,3,5) |
| PLAYER | 1952 novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr (6,5) |
| MARTHAQUEST | 1952 novel by Doris Lessing (6,5) |
