| ANGEL | ___ Clare, eventual husband of Tess in the novel Tess Of The D'Urbervilles (5) |
| ANGELCLARE | Husband of Tess in Thomas Hardy's novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles (5,5) |
| DICKDEWY | Eventual husband of Fancy Day in Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree (4,4) |
| ORLANDO | Lover and eventual husband of Rosalind in As You Like It |
| ALEC | Lover of Tess in "Tess of the D'Urbervilles" |
| CLARE | Character in Thomas Hardy novel Tess of the D'Urbervilles who marries the heroine (5,5) |
| HARDY | Name the author of Tess of the d'Ubervilles and Far from the Madding Crowd. (5) |
| GEMMA | ___ Arterton, Eddie Redmayne's co-star in TV series Tess Of The D'urbervilles (5) |
| MRBIG | Carrie's (spoiler alert) eventual husband in "Sex in the City" |
| WELSH | Nationality of Tess Bateman in Casualty (5) |
| SITES | I join Tess in various locations (5) |
| PATTI | __ Clare, actress who plays Mary Taylor in Coronation Street (5) |
| THOMAS | Author of novels of Wessex life, including Tess Of The D'urbervilles (6,5) |
| DURBEYFIELD | Tess's surname in Hardy's Tess of the D"Urbervilles (11) |
| GABRIELOAK | Bathsheba's eventual husband in Hardy's Far from the Madding Crowd (7,3) |
| THOMASHARDY | Tess of the d'Urbervilles novelist who is buried at Westminster Abbey: 2 wds. |
| NATHANDETROIT | Miss Adelaide's eventual husband in Guys and Dolls (6,7) |
| ADA | ___ Clare, friend of Esther in Bleak House (3) |
| MCNAMARA | Stephen ___, Clare corner forward who won All Ireland hurling final winner's medals in 1995 and 1997 (8) |
| SWEETHEARTS | Lovers of Tess weather the storm (11) |
