Answer: NOVEL
NOVEL is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 91 times.
Referring Clues:
- Wouk work
 - Steinbeck work
 - Unprecedented
 - Trendsetting
 - "Lord Jim" or "Lucky Jim"
 - London production
 - "The Catcher in the Rye," e.g.
 - Romance, e.g.
 - It's no short story
 - Rice product
 - King or Queen book, e.g.
 - Fresh
 - It's a long story
 - Clancy creation
 - "The Secret Life of Bees," e.g.
 - Innovative
 - Long work of fiction
 - One of Jane Austen's six
 - New
 - Fictional work
 - Work of fiction
 - Never-before-seen
 - Orwell's "1984" or Clarke's "2010"
 - Steel product?
 - Best-seller list entry
 - Potboiler, often
 - Movie source
 - "Catch-22" or "Mila 18"
 - King creation
 - Ludlum genre
 - Book of fiction
 - Reason for an advance
 - Film source, sometimes
 - It could lead to an advance
 - John Grisham work
 - Waugh effort
 - Cooper creation?
 - Source for a movie, often
 - Source for a movie, often
 - Original
 - Gothic romance
 - Writer's work
 - Romance, say
 - Highly original
 - Bestseller list entry
 - Previously unknown
 - Breaking new ground
 - Different
 - It's pure fiction
 - Source for a movie, sometimes
 - Offbeat
 - "Catch-22," e.g.
 - Prose narrative
 - Author's output
 - Atypical
 - Stephen King output
 - Not old hat
 - "Mila 18" or "QB VII"
 - Dickens work
 - Cutting-edge
 - Untried
 - Freshly interesting
 - James Joyce work
 - Many a book club selection
 - Longish work of fiction
 - Unheard-of
 - Dime ___
 - Little Dorrit is one
 - Michener's "Alaska" or "Hawaii"
 - Penny dreadful or shilling shocker
 - Many a Kindle download
 - Ira woodbine's output on "cybil"
 - Any of Grafton's "alphabet series"
 - Never-before seen
 - Akwaeke Emezi creation
 - Never encountered before
 - "To Kill a Mockingbird" or "The Maltese Falcon"
 - 26-Across, for one
 - "The City We Became," e.g.
 - New and different
 - "Song of Solomon" or "The Color Purple"
 - "Dream of the Red Chamber," e.g.
 - Candidate for a Booker Prize
 - Kazuo Ishiguro creation
 - "Harlem Shuffle," for example
 - Toni Morrison's "Beloved," for one
 - New and unusual
 - "Song of Solomon," for one
 - "Mrs. Dalloway" or "The Hours"
 - New-fashioned
 - Author's creation, perhaps
 
Last Seen In:
- USA Today - September 25, 2025
 - New York Times - September 06, 2025
 - New York Times - October 17, 2023
 - LA Times - September 01, 2023
 - LA Times - February 02, 2023
 - New York Times - September 27, 2022
 - New York Times - June 20, 2022
 - USA Today - May 02, 2022
 - USA Today - March 23, 2022
 - New York Times - December 28, 2021
 - New York Times - December 21, 2021
 - Universal - June 05, 2021
 - USA Today - April 07, 2021
 - Universal - March 29, 2021
 - USA Today - November 12, 2020
 - Universal - July 31, 2020
 - New York Times - July 13, 2020
 - USA Today - April 20, 2020
 - LA Times - March 07, 2020
 - USA Today - February 13, 2020
 
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