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Crossword No. 5

Science fiction crossword No. 5: 16 clues on a 13 by 12 grid. Every answer is an author or a book reviewed in the library, with the full solution linked.

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Puzzle No. 5 · 16 clues

Authors and books from the stacks

Crossword grid, 13 rows by 12 columns

Across

  1. 1 Author of The Bear Comes Home (5)
  2. 4 Author of The Witches of Eastwick (6)
  3. 5 Author of Hav (6)
  4. 6 Co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy (4)
  5. 8 Author of The House of the Spirits (7)
  6. 10 Author of The Lathe of Heaven (2,4)
  7. 12 Author of Norstrilia (5)
  8. 14 Author of Strangers (6)
  9. 15 Book by Jack Vance (8)

Down

  1. 2 Author of Ficciones (6)
  2. 3 Author of Midnight's Children (7)
  3. 7 Author of A Visit from the Goon Squad (4)
  4. 8 Author of Barefoot in the Head (6)
  5. 9 Author of The Master and Margarita (8)
  6. 11 Book by Virginia Woolf (7)
  7. 13 Author of The State of the Art (5)
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Across

  1. 1 ZABOR: Rafi Zabor, author of The Bear Comes Home
  2. 4 UPDIKE: John Updike, author of The Witches of Eastwick
  3. 5 MORRIS: Jan Morris, author of Hav
  4. 6 SHEA: Robert Shea, co-author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy
  5. 8 ALLENDE: Isabel Allende, author of The House of the Spirits
  6. 10 LEGUIN: Ursula K. Le Guin, author of The Lathe of Heaven
  7. 12 SMITH: Cordwainer Smith, author of Norstrilia
  8. 14 YAMADA: Taichi Yamada, author of Strangers
  9. 15 EMPHYRIO: Emphyrio by Jack Vance

Down

  1. 2 BORGES: Jorge Luis Borges, author of Ficciones
  2. 3 RUSHDIE: Salman Rushdie, author of Midnight's Children
  3. 7 EGAN: Jennifer Egan, author of A Visit from the Goon Squad
  4. 8 ALDISS: Brian Aldiss, author of Barefoot in the Head
  5. 9 BULGAKOV: Mikhail Bulgakov, author of The Master and Margarita
  6. 11 ORLANDO: Orlando by Virginia Woolf
  7. 13 BANKS: Iain M. Banks, author of The State of the Art