| YANN | Mr. Martel, author of 2001 bestselling novel Life of Pi |
| CARVERS | The Stone ___ (2001 bestselling art/ war novel by Canadian author Jane Urquhart) |
| JLO | Self-titled 2001 bestselling album |
| PATEL | Pi ___ (Protagonist of 2001 novel Life of Pi written by Canadian author Yann Martel) |
| BENGAL | - tiger; depicted in Yann Martel's novel Life of Pi, a species of cat in the genus Panthera (6) |
| MARTEL | Yann, Canadian author who wrote the fantasy novel Life of Pi published in 2001 (6) |
| YANNMARTEL | Canadian author whose philosophical novel Life of Pi won the Booker Prize in 2002 (4,6) |
| TIGER | Animal named Richard Parker in the novel Life of Pi |
| OFPI | 2001 Yann Martel novel, Life ___ ___ |
| OFAOLAIN | Nuala ?, author of 2001 novel My Dream of You |
| MCCAFFREY | Anne ?, author of 2001 novel The Skies of Pern |
| SHADES | "50 ___ of Grey" (2015 film based on a bestselling novel of the same name) |
| HARRIETBEECHERSTOWE | Author of the century's bestselling novel (published 3/20/1852) |
| FIENNES | Ranulph ?, author of 2001 novel The Secret Hunters (7) |
| SPEKE | Kirstie ?, author of 2001 novel Angel |
| STEWARTLEE | Stand-up comedian; author of 2001 novel The Perfect Fool |
| MEERASYAL | Comedienne and author of the novel Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee (5,4) |
| HAGGARD | Author whose bestselling novel King Solomon's Mines was published as the result of a five-shilling wager with his brother that he could write a story as good as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Islan |
| BOYD | Ghana-born British author whose bestselling novel Any Human Heart reveals the century-spanning fictional journals of Logan Mountstuart (4) |
| LIFE | ___ of Pi 2001 Yann Martel novel featuring themes of magical realism that has an eponymous film adaptation |
