| DYNASTS | "The ...", epic drama of the Napoleonic War by Thomas Hardy that was published in three parts (7) |
| IVANHOE | Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novel which was published in three volumes in 1819 (7) |
| DORSET | Birth county of William Barnes and Thomas Hardy that inspired authors including Enid Blyton and Ian McEwan (6) |
| ISLANDS | - in the Stream; one of Ernest Hemingway's novels that was published posthumously (7) |
| SHIRLEY | Novel by Charlotte Bronte that was published in 1849 (7) |
| JUPITER | Old Germanic race took over most of mine at end of war, by Jove! (7) |
| DRESDEN | Industrial German city on the River Elbe, severely damaged during the Second World War by Allied bombing (7) |
| MARENGO | Battle of the Napoleonic Wars in Piedmont |
| SALMONOFDOUBT | "The ... ... ...", collection of material by the humorist Douglas Adams that was published porthumously in 2002 (6,2,5) |
| NOTTAKEN | The Road ___ poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost (birthday yesterday) that was published in 1916: 2 wds. |
| STOPPING | ___ by Woods on a Snowy Evening poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1923 |
| WATERLOO | Battle fought in Belgium in 1815 which marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars (8) |
| WALL | Mending ___ poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1914 |
| HOME | ___ Burial poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1914 |
| STAY | Nothing Gold Can ___ poem by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost that was published in 1923 |
| ERIS | Goddess of discord in Greek mythology, who caused the Trojan War by instigating the Judgement of Paris (4) |
| ACHILLES | Greek hero killed near the end of the Trojan War by Paris, who shot him in the heel with an arrow |
| TRAFALGAR | Battle of the Napoleonic Wars that resulted in a decisive British naval victory under Nelson (9) |
| BORODINO | Which 1812 battle of the Napoleonic Wars is described in War and Peace? (8) |
| MARTELLO | Small circular fort used by Britain for coastal defence at the time of the Napoleonic Wars (8) |
