| OFMICEANDMEN | John Steinbeck novella, published 1937, whose title comes from a Robert Burns poem (2,4,3,3) |
| THEREDPONY | Steinbeck novella published in 1937 |
| SUNDANCE | Festival whose name comes from a Robert Redford character |
| HOCKNEY | Painter and draughtsman born in Yorkshire in 1937 whose pieces include A Bigger Splash, Mr and Mrs C |
| CUTTYSARK | Famous witch from a Robert Burns poem (5,4) |
| THEBESTLAID | (and 9, 12, 21, 28 across) Line from a Robert Burns poem that has become a proverb (3,4,4) |
| YELLOWHAMMER | Bird of the bunting family mentioned in a Robert Burns poem (12) |
| AULDLANGSYNE | Song based on a Robert Burns poem (4,4,4) |
| ARAISININTHESUN | *Lorraine Hansberry play whose title comes from a Langston Hughes poem |
| ARAISININTHES | Play whose title comes from a Langston Hughes poem |
| THINGSFALLAPART | Achebe novel whose title comes from a Yeats poem |
| OMG | 2010 #1 hit for Usher whose title comes from a texting abbreviation |
| AINTIAWOMAN | Bell hooks work whose title comes from a line often attributed to Sojourner Truth |
| BRAVENEWWORLD | 1931 novel by English writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley, whose title comes from a line in Shakespeare's The Tempest (5,3,5) |
| FARFROMTHEMADDINGCROWD | Thomas Hardy novel whose title comes from Thomas Gray's poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
| THEMOONISDOWN | 1942 John Steinbeck play whose title comes from "Macbeth" |
| ALLMYPRETTYONES | 1962 Anne Sexton poetry collection whose title comes from "Macbeth" |
| SOUNDANDTHEFURY | With "The," 1929 William Faulkner novel whose title comes from "Macbeth" |
| WAYTODUSTYDEATH | With "The," 1973 Alistair MacLean novel whose title comes from "Macbeth" |
| CHI | The ___ (Showtime drama whose title comes from the nickname for an Illinois city) |
