| GARP | Fictional writer of "The World According to Bensenhaver" |
| TSGARP | Fictional writer of "The World According to Bensenhaver" |
| THULE | Northernmost region of the world, according to the ancients |
| JOHNIRVING | Author of The World According to Garp and The Cider House Rules |
| CYRANO | Fictional writer of billets-doux to Roxane |
| IRVING | Author of The World According To Garp, John ... |
| HARTLEY | J. R. -; fictional author of Fly Fishing formerly depicted in Yellow Pages television ads (7) |
| OYSTER | The world, according to Pistol, in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" |
| CAROLINAREAPER | The hottest chili pepper in the world according to 'Guinness World Records' (8,6) |
| LILIANEBETTENCOURT | The richest woman in the world, according to Forbes |
| ART | "The only serious thing in the world," according to Oscar Wilde |
| TABLETENNIS | The second most played sport in the world according to some sources - it's certainly popular in popu |
| WASTELAND | Unused, barren area (the world according to TS Eliot!) (5,4) |
| ASTAGE | "All the world," according to Jaques |
| CASS | Legal scholar Sunstein who wrote "The World According to Star Wars" |
| GLENN | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The World According to Garp (5,5) |
| GLENNCLOSE | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for The World According to Garp |
| ROBINWILLIAMS | Jumanji actor who played T.S. Garp in The World According to Garp: 2 wds. |
| BIOPHILIA | Derived from the Greek meaning "love of life", an innate or inherent esteem for the natural world, according to E. O. Wilson or Erich Fromm (9) |
| ARTIST | "A dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world," according to George Santayana |
