| ATALE | "___of Two Cities (two words) |
| ITWAS | First words of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| THEBEST | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| OFTIMES | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
| DESPAIR | A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of..." (7) |
| WINTER | "It was the spring of hope, it was the ___ of despair" (A Tale of Two Cities line) |
| NYLON | Substance of yarn: fellow leaving second of two cities (5) |
| WAS | Eighth word of 'A Tale of Two Cities' |
| WEEKLY | Like the installments of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| DEFARGE | Madame --, wife of Ernest in 'A Tale of Two Cities' (7) |
| BUDAPEST | Capital city created in 1873 by the union of two cities on opposite banks of the Danube |
| TALE | What completes the title of A ___ of Two Cities, the novel by Charles Dickens? (4) |
| MADAMEDEFARGE | '[S]trong and fearless' antagonist of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, killed by Miss Pross (6,7) |
| DICKENS | A signed copy of this author's A Tale of Two Cities would set you back a cool £275,000 in 2014 |
| CARTON | Sydney -, Tale of Two Cities hero |
| LONDON | "A Tale of Two Cities" setting (6) |
| NOGALES | Name of two cities on Arizona-Mexico border |
| LUCIE | ___ Manette, woman in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| MANETTE | Lucie in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| CHARLESDARNAY | 'A Tale of Two Cities' character |
