| SUTCLIFF | Author of historical novels charting the lives of the fictional Aquila family in Roman Britain including The Eagle of the Ninth and The Silver Branch (8) |
| BELGRAVIA | Current television drama by Julian Fellowes which follows the lives of the fictional Trenchard family (9) |
| RENAULT | Mary ?, author of historical novels The Mask of Apollo and The King Must Die |
| SETON | Author of historical novels including The Turquoise, Katherine, The Winthrop Woman and Green DarknessA (5) |
| GREGORY | Author of historical novels including Wideacre, The Other Boleyn Girl, The White Queen and Tidelands (7) |
| GRAHAM | Author who wrote the Poldark series of historical novels set in Cornwall including The Black Moon, T |
| NORNS | In Norse mythology, the three virgin goddesses of fate, who predestine the lives of the gods and men |
| WILBUR | ____ Smith, Zambian-born author noted for his novels chronicling the lives of the Courtney family (6) |
| WALTERSCOTT | British author of historical novels and ballads (6,5) |
| SCOTT | British author of historical novels and ballads |
| WROXETER | Village in Shropshire noted as one of the largest cities in Roman Britain (8) |
| CHESTER | In Roman Britain, ____ was at the northern end of the Via Devana |
| TENNANT | Kylie, novelist famed for her depictions of the lives of the underprivileged in Australia (7) |
| YORK | City at the northernmost end of Ermine Street in Roman Britain (4) |
| SIXFEETUNDER | HBO original drama TV series by Alan Ball depicting the lives of the Fisher family starring Peter Krause: 3 wds. |
| AGASAGA | Type of novel which depicts the lives of the English middle classes (3,4) |
| SHAMELESS | TV series that charts the lives of the dysfunctional Gallagher family (9) |
| SONS | --- And Lovers, D.H. Lawrence novel about the lives of the Morel family (4) |
| THECROWN | Netflix drama about the lives of the British Royal Family (3,5) |
| SANTABARBARA | American TV soap opera that followed the lives of the Capwell family from 1984 to 1993 |
