| DICKENS | I didn't expect this -- and with endless Sketches in novel form! (4,3,7) |
| WHATTHE | I didn't expect this -- and with endless Sketches in novel form! (4,3,7) |
| PEOPLETHATTIMEFORGOT | "___ ... and with good reason" |
| ALLBEEFFRANKWITHYOU | '___... I didn't expect this!' (weeniest acceptance speech?) |
| JOKERINTHEPACK | You don't expect this rugby-playing comedian to be found round here (5,2,3,4) |
| VESTEDINTEREST | Personal stake revealed by setters -evident in cryptic form! (6,8) |
| ITSASMALLWORLD | An asteroid is what we didn't expect to meet here? |
| BRINGYOURAGAME | Be on top form! (5,4,1,4) |
| OLDTESTAMENT | Numbers with other books showing modest talent in novel form (3,9) |
| SVENGALI | An evil genius first and last, in novel form (8) |
| READERIMARRIEDHIM | Confession concerning one maid and her admirer in novel form |
| MAIGRET | In novel form I'm great detective (7) |
| ANTIHERO | One with no heart in novel form? (8) |
| FOWLES | English storyteller of French lieutenant's woman, initially in novel form (6) |
| AAMILNE | One bringing animal characters to life ultimately in novel form |
| ISLANDER | One could say Robinson Crusoe's darn lies in novel form (8) |
| HORSEMAN | Rider Haggard's beginning a sermon in novel form (8) |
| APASSAGETOINDIA | Posit Asia agenda presented in novel form here? (1,7,2,5) |
| OHHI | "Wow, I didn't expect to run into you here!" |
| STRAIGHTSHOOTER | You'd expect this from a sniper in a row with basketball player (8,7) |
