The Picture Perfect Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. Daniel Kehlmann novel named among the 10 Best Books of 2025
  2. 9. Surname of the author of Flesh
  3. 10. Surname of the author of A Marriage at Sea
  4. 13. Another E-title discussed in the critics’ 2025 reading episode
  5. 14. One-word form of the podcast’s name
  6. 15. Phrase introducing the critics’ year-in-reading roundup
  7. 17. Surname of the author of There Is No Place for Us
  8. 18. Novel discussed in the Book Review “Book Club” episode listings
Down
  1. 1. Film director referenced in the Hamnet episode description
  2. 2. Surname of the author of Mother Emanuel
  3. 3. Sue Prideaux biography on the NYT “10 Best Books of 2025” episode
  4. 5. Frances Wilson’s book about Dame Muriel mentioned by NYT critics
  5. 6. Surname of the author of Playworld
  6. 7. Subject church of Kevin Sack’s Mother Emanuel
  7. 8. Surname of the author of Mother Mary Comes to Me
  8. 11. Author of A Flower Traveled in My Blood discussed in the critics’ 2025 reading roundup
  9. 12. NYT Book Review editor referenced in Book Review podcast listings
  10. 16. Daniel Kraus novel named among the 10 Best Books of 2025
  11. 18. What “all the men wore” in the Susan Cheever title