| WARTIME | Write a novel about end of Nazism in period of conflict (7) |
| WATERTAXI | Write a novel about toll on harbour traffic (5,4) |
| COLDWAR | Low card played in period of conflict (4,3) |
| RICHTER | This German painter is known for his diverse painting styles and subjects. He grew up under the shadow of Nazism and then within East Germany. His painting Domplatz, Mailand (1968) sold at auction for |
| WISTERIA | Climber writes a novel about one (8) |
| INFERNO | First part of Dante's Divine Comedy describing his vision of travelling through hell that inspired Dan Brown to write a novel of the same name (7) |
| CRIMEAN | - War; period of conflict including the Charge of the Light Brigade (7) |
| AWKWARD | A seven days period of conflict with daughter being difficult (7) |
| PENALTY | Write a novel at last, extremely tastefully as punishment (7) |
| MARXISM | In 2000, Nazism and Fascism kept the right from thinking of the left (7) |
| FASCISM | Nazism |
| GENERAL | (and 5 Across) Sergeant meanly treated, which may follow a period of conflict (7,7) |
| ELIOT | Author of a novel about a fictional linen weaver named Silas Marner (5) |
| WAITER | Write a novel working by a table (6) |
| WARSOFTHEROSES | A period of conflict between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne (4,2,3,5) |
| TASMANIA | It's a novel about worker from area in Australia (8) |
| ALEX | ___ Garland, English author who wrote The Beach, a novel about backpackers in Thailand (4) |
| JANEAUSTEN | She authored a novel about five sisters that has sparked many a rom-com adaptation |
| ANNEOFAVONLEA | First sequel to a novel about a red-haired Canadian girl |
| ACBOOKPROM | High school dance with a "Novel About a Window Cooling Unit" theme? |
