| ATNOON | A. Koestler novel, Darkness ___ |
| NOONTIME | Dark period in a Koestler book |
| NOON | "Darkness at ___" (Arthur Koestler novel) |
| DARKNESSATONEPM | 1940 Arthur Koestler novel set during the Moscow Trials |
| KOESTLER | Arthur, author of 1940 novel Darkness at Noon (8) |
| SEEMED | Darkness "___ Like a Good Idea at the Time" |
| DARKNESSAT | 1940 novel by Arthur Koestler (8,2,4) |
| NIGH | Near darkness ___ no time to be seen (4) |
| ASABRIDE | "I will encounter darkness ___" (Shak.) |
| THEGHOSTINTHEMACHINE | Phrase coined by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, used by Arthur Koestler in a 1967 book title |
| MUSKETEER | Old soldier, one thinking about Koestler regularly (9) |
| RAY | Tough-guy actor who appeared in Edge Of Darkness, _ Winstone (3) |
| ONTHEEDGEOFTOWN | Darkness ____, fourth studio album by Bruce Springsteen, released in 1978 (2,3,4,2,4) |
| NOYES | "The wind was a torrent of darkness" author |
| LIE | "___ Down in Darkness" (William Styron novel) |
| TOASTER | Appliance with a darkness setting |
| AMOSOZ | "A Tale of Love and Darkness" author |
| AMOS | "A Tale of Love and Darkness" author Oz |
| ISEEA | "__ a Darkness" (Johnny Cash cover) |
| ISEE | "___ a Darkness" by Johnny Cash (2 wds.) |
