| MELMOTH | "___ the Wanderer" (1820 gothic novel) |
| WANDERER | 1820 gothic novel by Charles Maturin (7,3,8) |
| MELMOTHTHE | 1820 gothic novel by Charles Maturin (7,3,8) |
| DION | "__: The Wanderer Talks Truth": singer's memoir |
| GROO | Sergio Aragones's comic book ___ the Wanderer |
| CODEX | From the Latin for "block of wood", a manuscript volume, such as the 10th-century Exeter Book comprising around 100 riddles and an anthology of some 40 poems including The Seafarer and The Wanderer (5 |
| ANNERICE | US writer of the gothic novel Interview with the Vampire |
| NOMAD | The Martian actor returns as The Wanderer (5) |
| EXTROVERT | In the amended text, the wanderer is a sociable type |
| CASTLE | The ___ of Otranto gothic novel by Horace Walpole which tells the story of Manfred and his family |
| DORIAN | The Picture of ___ Gray gothic novel by Oscar Wilde which tells the story of a man and his unusual portrait |
| DRACULA | Gothic novel by Bram Stoker which tells the story of a vampire on the loose |
| RADCLIFFE | Author who wrote the 1794 Gothic novel The Mysteries Of Udolpho, Ann _ (9) |
| WALPOLE | Horace ___, pioneer of the Gothic novel and coiner of the term "serendipity" (7) |
| HAMSTER | Animal responsible for the wanderer of 11 or Ms Wanderer of 4 (7) |
| IROAM | "___ around around around around" (lyric from Dion and the Belmonts' "The Wanderer") |
| UNDER | After the middle of January, the wanderer changes vest (5,4) |
| ROAMED | You'll find me in the way, as the wanderer did (6) |
| NOMADIC | Truce from undemocratic type living the life of The Wanderer (7) |
| WEAR | and 9ac, After the middle of January, the wanderer changes vest (9) |