| JOSIAHBOUNDERBY | Business associate of Thomas Gradgrind in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times (6,9) |
| ALITO | Associate of Thomas and Kennedy |
| GRADGRIND | Mr Thomas --- school board Superintendent in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times (9) |
| SLEARY | Circus proprietor in Charles Dickens's novel Hard Times (6) |
| WACKFORDSQUEERS | Cruel headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (8,7) |
| NOWWHATIWANTISFACTS | The opening sentence of Hard Times by Charles Dickens, spoken by Thomas Gradgrind |
| ORPHANAGE | Type of institution in which Oliver Twist is raised in Charles Dickens's novel (9) |
| DICKENS | Charles, author of the novel Hard Times (7) |
| COKETOWN | Fictional mill town in which 1854 Charles Dickens novel Hard Times is set (8) |
| ADACLARE | Young ward of Chancery in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House who falls in love with Richard Carstone |
| JARNDYCE | Mr ____, guardian of Esther in Charles Dickens's novel Bleak House (8) |
| SMIKE | Friend of the title character in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (5) |
| THEMIS | She oversaw justice in the novel Hard Times |
| HARD | Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
| TIMES | Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
| HARDTIMES | 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind |
| CHARLESDARNAY | Character in Charles Dickens's novel A Tale Of Two Cities who bears a resemblance to Sydney Carton (7,6) |
| SETH | Sanctimonious architect in Charles Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit (4,9) |
| GAMP | Sarah ---, nurse in Charles Dickens's novel Martin Chuzzlewit (4) |
| MICAWBER | Wilkins, character in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield (8) |
