| THACKERAY | William Makepeace --, English novelist |
| BECKYGARP | William Makepeace Irving character |
| VANITYFAIR | 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (6,4) |
| ARTHURPENDENNIS | Alter ego used by William Makepeace Thackeray |
| PENDENNIS | Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (9) |
| FAIR | Vanity -; 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (4) |
| THENEWCOMES | 1855 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (3,8) |
| VANITY | "___ Fair" (William Makepeace Thackeray novel) (6) |
| THEVIRGINIANS | Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray subtitled A Tale of the Last Century (3,10) |
| SHARP | Becky ; character in William Makepeace Thackeray Vanity Fair (5) |
| SNOBS | The Book of -; satire collection by William Makepeace Thackeray (5) |
| BARRYLYNDON | William Makepeace Thackeray's novel of an Irish rogue, The Luck Of ... (5,6) |
| VANITYFIR | William Makepeace Thackeray work about a holiday tree that makes people conceited? |
| THEHISTORYOFPENDENNIS | 1850 William Makepeace Thackeray novel whose characters include Emily Fotheringay and Captain Costigan |
| BECKYSHARP | Protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Vanity Fair (5,5) |
| HENRYESMOND | The History Of --- ---, 1852 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (5,6) |
| BECKY | Main protagonist of the 1848 William Makepeace Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (5,5) |
| FAIRVANITY | William Makepeace Thackeray novel about a so-so bathroom cabinet? |
| THEHISTORY | 1850 William Makepeace Thackeray novel whose characters include Emily Fotheringay and Captain Costigan |
| OFPENDENNIS | see 1ac, 1850 William Makepeace Thackeray novel whose characters include Emily Fotheringay and Captain Costigan |