Something in which the plot might thicken |
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Original literary work (5) |
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Book about the fifth man (5) |
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Fiction book (5) |
|
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Strikingly original |
USA Today |
18 Jan 2025 |
Story in book form (5) |
|
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It could be a volume in Christmas wrapping (5) |
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Nancy Mitford's Christmas Pudding, e.g. |
The Telegraph Plusword |
25 Dec 2024 |
Extended work in prose (5) |
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A work of fiction by a Pole about love |
|
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New book? (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
19 Dec 2024 |
Book for boy about five (5) |
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A book for Christmas, when about five (5) |
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This book could never be trite (5) |
|
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Fictitious story book (5) |
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Work of fiction which may become a best-seller |
|
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Fictitious book (5) |
|
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Story book |
|
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New and unusual |
Universal |
02 Nov 2024 |
New literary work (5) |
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Work of fiction |
Commuter |
31 Oct 2024 |
New romance? (5) |
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Bookstore buy, perhaps |
|
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Of a new kind |
|
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Original piece of literature (5) |
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Only half a month left for literary work |
|
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Book-length fictional story (5) |
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Book-length story |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Oct 2024 |
Like a very original book, aptly |
Universal |
03 Oct 2024 |
Work of fiction |
Commuter |
30 Sep 2024 |
New way to make wild love (5) |
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Stephen King's work |
|
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Month the Spanish produce literary work |
The Times Cryptic |
23 Sep 2024 |
Fresh fiction (5) |
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Penguin paperback |
|
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Book of fiction |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2024 |
Book Five in Christmas setting (5) |
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Five featuring in Christmas book (5) |
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Author's work |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Aug 2024 |
Work of fiction |
Commuter |
03 Aug 2024 |
Book such as "Take My Hand" |
USA Today |
21 Jul 2024 |
Book for five when Christmas comes around (5) |
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New |
Mirror Classic |
15 Jul 2024 |
No brother of Odin's first love in the book (5) |
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Could it be entitled 'The Start of New Love Ruined'? (5) |
|
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New heart for slovens, possibly (5) |
|
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Work of fiction |
Newsday |
02 Jul 2024 |
Original book (5) |
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Mystery or romance, for example |
|
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Entertainment of a new kind? (5) |
|
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Book of fiction |
Newsday |
17 Jun 2024 |
Extended fictional work (5) |
|
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Fictional work |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jun 2024 |
New love going wrong in book |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jun 2024 |
Original piece of fiction |
|
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A romance (book) (5) |
|
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Figure a chap out as new (5) |
|
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A new book? (5) |
|
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Prose narrative |
|
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New book |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 May 2024 |
Fictional work |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 May 2024 |
Tale of ultimate passion and wild love (5) |
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" or "Mockingjay" |
New York Times Mini |
13 May 2024 |
New book (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
08 May 2024 |
Month with the Spanish work of fiction (5) |
The Guardian Quick Cryptic |
27 Apr 2024 |
Month with the Spanish work of fiction (5) |
The Guardian Quick |
27 Apr 2024 |
Author's work, perhaps |
Universal |
18 Apr 2024 |
Fresh or new |
Mirror Classic |
15 Apr 2024 |
A book with a fictitious story |
|
|
Tale of illicit love at the Nag's Head (5) |
|
|
Heretofore unknown |
|
|
Written about love in the North |
|
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Unseen until now |
|
|
Fresh and strange |
|
|
"Emma," "Zoya," or "Sula" |
|
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New or unusual (5) |
|
|
Book for a boy about five |
|
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Book Leon V (5) |
|
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Original |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Feb 2024 |
An original narrative? (5) |
|
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Innovative literary work? |
The Sun Two Speed |
28 Feb 2024 |
New publication (5) |
|
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New way to make love (by the book) (5) |
|
|
Fictional book |
|
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Book of fiction |
Mirror Tea Time |
16 Feb 2024 |
Work of prose (5) |
|
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Coward's very strange (5) |
|
|
Major work of fiction |
New York Times Mini |
07 Feb 2024 |
Work of fiction |
Commuter |
06 Feb 2024 |
Unprecedented |
Universal |
21 Jan 2024 |
Paperback |
|
|
Quintet featuring in Christmas book (5) |
|
|
What an author writes (5) |
|
|
Unusual romance |
|
|
Fictional work |
Universal |
16 Jan 2024 |
Innovative literary work? (5) |
|
|
At this point, love is said to be fresh |
|
|
Violent eruption, after it's removed-unusual (5) |
|
|
"Don Quixote" or "Jane Eyre" |
Commuter |
22 Dec 2023 |
PlusWord No 568 |
|
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Book of fiction |
Newsday |
03 Dec 2023 |
New and original (5) |
|
|
Verse in Christmas book (5) |
|
|
Book of fiction |
Newsday |
27 Nov 2023 |
Strikingly new |
|
|
Work of fiction like "Frankenstein" |
|
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Bookstore buy, perhaps |
|
|
New-fashioned |
New York Times |
17 Oct 2023 |
"The Great Gatsby" or "Fahrenheit 451," e.g. |
|
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"Great Expectations" or "Jane Eyre," e.g. |
|
|
Stephen King's work |
|
|
Book of fiction |
Newsday |
05 Sep 2023 |
"Mrs. Dalloway" or "The Hours" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2023 |
Month the Spanish must produce literary work |
The Times Cryptic |
31 Jul 2023 |
New book |
The Times Cryptic |
18 Jul 2023 |
Book I've unwrapped in the middle of Christmas |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
30 May 2023 |
Chandler creation |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2023 |
Very entertained by Christmas story |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Mar 2023 |
Book of fiction |
Newsday |
28 Feb 2023 |
Bestselling book, perhaps |
|
|
"Song of Solomon," for one |
LA Times Daily |
02 Feb 2023 |
Long work of fiction |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2023 |
Original |
Thomas Joseph |
11 Jan 2023 |
Work of fiction |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Oct 2022 |
A long story? |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Oct 2022 |
Stephen King's work |
|
|
New and unusual |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2022 |
Unusual number ready in Bulgaria for revolution |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Sep 2022 |
Writer's work |
Thomas Joseph |
13 Aug 2022 |
Inventive |
Premier Sunday |
07 Aug 2022 |
New |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Jul 2022 |
Unusual formation of geese in winter season |
The Times Cryptic |
13 Jul 2022 |
Coward possibly concealing start of violent story |
|
|
Toni Morrison's 'Beloved,' for one |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2022 |
Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” for one |
New York Times |
20 Jun 2022 |
'Harlem Shuffle,' for example |
USA Today |
02 May 2022 |
Kazuo Ishiguro creation |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2022 |
It is missing from violent piece of fiction |
Irish Times Crosaire |
08 Mar 2022 |
Candidate for a Booker Prize |
New York Times |
28 Dec 2021 |
Inventive |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Dec 2021 |
Fresh |
The Times Concise |
03 Oct 2021 |
"Frankenstein" or "Dracula" |
Universal |
02 Oct 2021 |
Fresh head of lettuce after fifteen days? |
|
|
Work of fiction |
Universal |
05 Jun 2021 |
Work created by Louise Erdrich or Susan Abulhawa, e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
23 May 2021 |
New love going wrong in book |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 May 2021 |
Fictional work |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 May 2021 |
Rice product |
Wall Street Journal |
15 May 2021 |
Dickens work |
Eugene Sheffer |
07 May 2021 |
Christmas wrapping very new |
|
|
Writer's work |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Apr 2021 |
'Dream of the Red Chamber,' e.g |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2021 |
"Song of Solomon" or "The Color Purple" |
Universal |
29 Mar 2021 |
New, original |
The Telegraph Quick |
23 Mar 2021 |
Book of fiction |
Newsday |
01 Mar 2021 |
Sidney Sheldon's creation say |
|
|
Number cyclically permuting 0 and 1? |
|
|
Work of fiction |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Dec 2020 |
. Book of Leviticus about to be reviewed |
|
|
“Main Street” or “Tobacco Road” |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Nov 2020 |
'The City We Became,' e.g |
USA Today |
12 Nov 2020 |
Book first of vacations in time for Christmas |
|
|
Book of fiction |
Irish Times Simplex |
20 Oct 2020 |
Knight has strange love for book |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Sep 2020 |
Work of fiction |
The Times Concise |
20 Sep 2020 |
Author's work |
|
|
26-Across, for one |
Universal |
31 Jul 2020 |
'To Kill a Mockingbird' or 'The Maltese Falcon' |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2020 |
Best-selling work of fiction, say |
|
|
Original volume Fielding pens? |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jul 2020 |
New; book |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Jul 2020 |
New; book |
The Times Concise |
15 May 2020 |
"Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens, for one |
|
|
New book |
The Sun Two Speed |
05 May 2020 |
Many a book club selection |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2020 |
New |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Apr 2020 |
New number by Dizzy Love |
|
|
Never encountered before |
LA Times Daily |
07 Mar 2020 |
Never encountered before |
The Washington Post |
07 Mar 2020 |
Against getting into Yuletide romance? |
|
|
Many a fiction book |
Premier Sunday |
05 Jan 2020 |
New verse used in Christmas |
|
|
It is missing from violent piece of fiction |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Dec 2019 |
Christmas centred around very short work of fiction |
|
|
It's a long story |
Universal |
17 Oct 2019 |
Original |
The Washington Post |
05 Sep 2019 |
Original |
LA Times Daily |
05 Sep 2019 |
Never-before seen |
New York Times |
23 Aug 2019 |
Fictional work |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Aug 2019 |
Highly original |
Newsday |
05 Jun 2019 |
Work of fiction which may become a best-seller |
|
|
Any of Grafton's 'alphabet series' |
USA Today |
28 Mar 2019 |
Man penning very short fictional work |
|
|
Original, having first half of month on lake |
|
|
Never-before seen |
|
|
Original |
|
|
Original |
|
|
Any of Grafton's "alphabet series" |
|
|
It's a long story |
|
|
Many a Kindle download |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2018 |
Work of fiction |
The Telegraph Quick |
30 Sep 2018 |
'Dracula' or 'Frankenstein,' e.g |
The Washington Post Sunday |
26 Aug 2018 |
Fresh |
New York Times |
19 Aug 2018 |
Unfamiliar |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
20 Jul 2018 |
Book with a plot |
Family Time |
11 Jun 2018 |
Groundbreaking |
Wall Street Journal |
21 May 2018 |
Michener's 'Alaska' or 'Hawaii' |
USA Today |
27 Apr 2018 |
New sort of book |
|
|
Story's terribly violent! Avoid it |
|
|
Unusual story |
|
|
Fresh |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Feb 2018 |
Fresh |
|
|
Unfamiliar |
|
|
Groundbreaking |
|
|
Michener's "Alaska" or "Hawaii" |
|
|
Many a Kindle download |
|
|
Fictitious prose work |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Nov 2017 |
Unheard-of |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2017 |
Man penning volume, a work of fiction |
|
|
Longish work of fiction |
Universal |
18 Aug 2017 |
Fictional work |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Jun 2017 |
Unusual paperback, maybe |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Apr 2017 |
James Joyce work |
LA Times Daily |
27 Mar 2017 |
James Joyce work |
The Washington Post |
27 Mar 2017 |
Refreshing piece of prose |
|
|
Fresh |
Newsday |
23 Feb 2017 |
Work of fiction |
The Guardian Quick |
11 Feb 2017 |
Longish work of fiction |
|
|
Many a book club selection |
|
|
Unheard-of |
|
|
Original |
The Telegraph Quick |
06 Dec 2016 |
Coward's boxing very unorthodox |
|
|
Freshly interesting |
Universal |
17 Oct 2016 |
Agatha Christie output |
The Washington Post |
06 Sep 2016 |
'Vatican during Christmas' — a written account |
|
|
'Emma' or 'Ulysses' |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jun 2016 |
Untried |
New York Times |
26 May 2016 |
King creation |
LA Times Daily |
22 May 2016 |
Cutting-edge |
New York Times |
14 May 2016 |
Book half a month online |
|
|
"Mila 18" or "QB VII" |
USA Today |
30 Mar 2016 |
Original verse during Christmas |
|
|
Book; new |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Mar 2016 |
Original verse during Christmas |
|
|
King creation |
|
|
Untried |
|
|
Freshly interesting |
|
|
Stephen King output |
USA Today |
13 Nov 2015 |
Fictional work |
USA Today |
23 Mar 2015 |
Elie Wiesel's 'Dawn,' but not 'Night' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
06 Mar 2015 |
Book at the end of October for the Spanish |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Jan 2015 |
"Mockingjay," e.g. |
|
|
Never before seen |
Jonesin |
01 Jan 2015 |
"Lord Jim" or "Lucky Jim" |
|
|
Elie Wiesel's "Dawn," but not "Night" |
|
|
Fictional work |
|
|
Stephen King output |
|
|
Unprecedented / work of fiction |
|
|
Book of the month starts to excite librarians |
|
|
Work of fiction |
|
|
Best-seller list entry |
|
|
Highly original |
|
|
New |
|
|
Stephen King creation |
|
|
"Catch-22," e.g. |
|
|
Unprecedented |
|
|
Great American ___ |
|
|
Book of fiction |
|
|
Breaking new ground |
|
|
It's pure fiction |
|
|
Jeff Farro band ___ American |
|
|
Like new and unusual music |
|
|
It's no short story |
|
|
Source for a movie, sometimes |
|
|
Source for a movie, often |
|
|
Bestseller list entry |
|
|
Not an autobiography |
|
|
Original |
|
|
Unusual paperback? |
|
|
Cooper creation |
|
|
Source for a movie, often |
|
|
Original |
|
|
Fresh |
|
|
Never-before-seen |
|
|
Fictional work |
|
|
Best-seller list entry |
|
|
Work of fiction |
|
|
It's a long story |
|
|
Orwell's "1984" or Clarke's "2010" |
|
|
Work of fiction |
|
|
One of Jane Austen's six |
|
|
Reason for an advance |
|
|
One of Jane Austen's six |
|
|
Fresh |
|
|
It's no short story |
|
|
Rice product |
|
|
Fresh |
|
|
Steel product? |
|
|
Film source, sometimes |
|
|
Christie specialty |
|
|
Ludlum genre |
|
|
Fictional work |
|
|
Dime buy, once |
|
|
Innovative |
|
|
Potboiler, often |
|
|
Movie source |
|
|
Innovative |
|
|
Movie source |
|
|
King creation |
|
|
Work of fiction |
|
|
Work of fiction |
|
|
Long work of fiction |
|
|
Potboiler, often |
|
|
Borders buy |
|
|
Not previously seen |
|
|
"Catch-22" or "Mila 18" |
|
|
Unique |
|
|
Steel product? |
|
|
Romance, e.g. |
|
|
"Catch-22" or "Mila 18" |
|
|
Borders buy |
|
|
It's a long story |
|
|
It could lead to an advance |
|
|
Not previously seen |
|
|
Fictional work |
|
|
Hitherto unknown |
|
|
London production |
|
|
"The Catcher in the Rye," e.g. |
|
|
Trendsetting |
|
|
King's work |
|
|
Innovative |
|
|
Not copied |
|
|
"Lord Jim" or "Lucky Jim" |
|
|
John Grisham work |
|
|
Not copied |
|
|
Atypical |
|
|
Unhackneyed |
|
|
Fresh |
|
|
"The Secret Life of Bees," e.g. |
|
|
New |
|
|
Reason for an advance |
|
|
Wouk work |
|
|
Trendsetting |
|
|
James Michener's "The ___" |
|
|
P. D. James product |
|
|
"Gone with the Wind" or "Marjorie Morningstar" |
|
|
Reason for an advance |
|
|
King or Queen book, e.g. |
|
|
Original |
|
|
Wouk work |
|
|
New |
|
|
Fictional work |
|
|
It's a long story |
|
|
Clancy creation |
|
|
Innovative |
|
|
Not old hat |
|
|
New |
|
|
Unprecedented |
|
|
Original |
|
|
Steinbeck work |
|
|
Imaginative |
|
|
Work of Barth |
|
|
Amazon.com offering |
|
|
Fresh |
|
|
"Bag of Bones," for one |
|
|
Imaginative |
|
|
Wouk work |
|
|
"Emma"is one |
|
|
Dime ___ |
|
|
Different |
|
|
P.D. James product |
|
|
Prose work |
|
|
Bellow specialty |
|
|
Unusual |
|
|
Hugo contender |
|
|
See 32 Down |
|
|
Austen work |
|
|
Medium for Melville |
|
|
What 54 Across is |
|
|
Stone ware |
|
|
Penny dreadful or shilling shocker |
|
|
Atypical |
|
|
New |
|
|
"Portnoy's Complaint," e.g. |
|
|
Fresh |
|
|
Original |
|
|
New and strange |
|
|
Updike offering |
|
|
Bellow offering |
|
|
Iberia or Hawaii |
|
|
Thackeray product |
|
|
Bellow work |
|
|
Drabble offering |
|
|
Austen product |
|
|
Heller offering |
|
|
"Nana," for one |
|
|
Newfangled |
|
|
Dumas output |
|
|
Literary product |
|
|
Writing medium |
|
|
"Battle Cry," for instance. |
|
|
"Don Quixote," for instance. |
|
|
Item of summer entertainment. |
|
|
"Katherine," for example. |
|
|
"The Stepmother," for instance. |
|
|
Many a self-published book |
|
|
Fiction form. |
|
|
Reading matter. |
|
|
"The Scapegoat," for example. |
|
|
"Exodus," for one. |
|
|
Gift for a reader. |
|
|
Romance. |
|
|
"S. P. Q. R.," for instance. |
|
|
eBook category |
|
|
"Dombey and Son." |
|
|
Mystery, for one. |
|
|
Reader's choice. |
|
|
Georges Simenon's forte. |
|
|
"Sironia, Texas," for instance. |
|
|
Unusual. |
|
|
New. |
|
|
Scott creation |
|
|
Literary form. |
|
|
Out of the ordinary |
|
|
Original. |
|
|
Fresh. |
|
|
Offbeat. |
|
|
Unprecedented. |
|
|
Pulitzer Prize item. |
|
|