| BALLADOF | & 10A The -, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| PECKHAMRYE | The -, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| THEMAGICROUNDABOUT | 1965-77 BBC TV children's programme that featured characters Zebedee and Dougal |
| SLENDERMEANS | The Girls of ____ is a Muriel Spark novel about hard times in Kensington in 1945 |
| EDGEOF | & 10A The -, subtitle of 1999 novel Bridget Jones by Helen Fielding (4,2,6) |
| COTTON | & 10A The -, 1984 drama starring Richard Gere and Gregory Hines (6,4) |
| PRIMEOFMISSJEANBRODIE | Muriel Spark novel, with "The" |
| PECKHAM | The Ballad of ___ Rye, Muriel Spark novel (7) |
| RYE | The Ballad of Peckham ___, Muriel Spark novel |
| MEMENTOMORI | 1959 Muriel Spark novel telling of sinister telephone calls to elderly people (7,4) |
| GREEN | & 10A The -, 2002 novel by Frederic Tuten (5,4) |
| IMPOSSIBLE | & 10A The -, 2011 novel by Ian Rankin (10,4) |
| MORI | "Memento ___" (Muriel Spark novel) |
| AFAR | ___ Cry from Kensington, Muriel Spark novel (1,3) |
| WILDASSSSKIN | "The ... ... ...", Honore de Balzac novel whose central character is Raphael (4,4,4) |
| THEMAGIC | and 16 Thomas Mann novel whose central character is Hans Castorp (3,5,8) |
| BLUEAFTERNOON | "The ... ...", William Boyd novel whose central character is Kay Fischer (4,9) |
| FERMATA | "The ___", Nicholson Baker novel whose central character is Arno Strine (7) |
| SPIRE | "The ...", William Golding novel whose central character is Jocelin (5) |
| FAMEIS | and 21ac, 1940 Howard Spring novel whose central character is Hamer Shawcross |
