"Empire Falls" novelist Richard Crossword Clue

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NOVELIST (noun)
1. one who writes novels
EMPIRE (noun)
1. a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization
2. the domain ruled by an emperor or empress; the region over which imperial dominion is exercised

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Across

1. Scrapbooker's book

6. Masterpiece airer

9. General ___ chicken (Chinese menu dish)

13. Gas-X competitor

14. Fresh from the oven

15. Warm glow

16. System of principles

17. "___ scale of 1 to 10 ... " (2 wds.)

18. Marvel superheroes who battle Magneto (Hyph.)

19. 1996 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.)

22. "The ___ and the Pussycat"

25. Ginger ___ (soda)

26. Mr. Potato Head part

27. "___ Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" (Edward Albee play)

29. Wolfed down

31. Refute, as an argument

35. 46-Across writer who has had 11 of his novels adapted to film (including 19-Across) (2 wds.)

38. Mary Roach's "___: Science Tackles the Afterlife"

39. Report card statistic (Abbr.)

40. "Can You ___ a Secret?" (Sophie Kinsella novel)

41. "The Girl in the Spider's ___" (fourth novel in the "Millennium" series)

43. $200 Monopoly properties (Abbr.)

45. Donkey

46. 2018 bestselling novel by 35-Across (2 wds.)

51. Missing clownfish in a Pixar film

52. "Good Will Hunting" director Van Sant

57. Test-driven car

58. Young ___ (tykes, in dialect)

59. Cockeyed

60. Computer junk mail

61. Independent international aid provider (Abbr.)

62. Zadie Smith's "___ Teeth"

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Down

1. President on a five-dollar bill, for short

2. "Never ___ Me Go" (film based on a Kazuo Ishiguro novel)

3. ___, humbug! (Scrooge’s cry)

4. Law & Order: Special Victims ___

5. Coffee-and-chocolate flavor

6. Frustrating series of missed calls (2 wds.)

7. Irish singer who co-founded the (RED) project

8. "___ of Wonder" (Ann Patchett novel)

9. Home mortgage payer's benefit, e.g. (2 wds.)

10. Japanese wrestling form

11. Cookie crumbled as a frozen yogurt topping

12. Went underwater

20. Alternative to Israir airlines (2 wds.)

21. "Wynonna ___" (Western horror series on the Syfy channel)

22. "Who ___ My Heart" (Miley Cyrus song)

23. Prepare quickly, with "up"

24. Wacky

28. Car dealer's display area

30. Strong steam-brewed coffee

32. La ___ Tar Pits (L.A. tourist attraction)

33. Hawaiian instruments with four strings, briefly

34. Cough syrup doses (Abbr.)

36. __-dokey!

37. "At the Water's Edge" novelist Gruen

42. "A Christmas Story" present (2 wds.)

44. Milkshake insert

46. "Wake Me Up When September ___" (Green Day tearjerker)

47. Political satire series starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus

48. "Handsome, clever, and rich" Jane Austen character

49. Step on a ladder

50. 'Pipe down!'

54. Tackle the slopes

55. Part of a tennis match

56. I ___ you one!

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