| FATHERSAND | & 19D 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev that popularised the term nihilism (7,3,4) |
| SONS | 1862 novel by Ivan Turgenev that popularised the term nihilism (7,3,4) |
| SPRINGTORRENTS | Novel by Ivan Turgenev (6,8) |
| ONTHE | 1860 novel by Ivan Turgenev (2,3,3) |
| ONTHEEVE | 1860 novel by Ivan Turgenev (2,3,3) |
| NIEMANN | Which brothers, a bass player and guitarist, joined the Swedish band Therion, that popularised the symphonic metal genre? (7) |
| PLATTERS | The ---, group that popularised the song Smoke Gets In Your Eyes with their 1958 version (8) |
| CHAOS | Physics theory that popularised the idea of the butterfly effect |
| THEHOUSEOF | And 4 1862 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (3,5,2,3,4) |
| STARTREK | Show that popularised the phrase "Where no man has gone before" (4,4) |
| FATHERSANDSONS | Ivan Turgenev novel ... and a hint to 20-, 31- and 40-Across |
| EISNER | Will, cartoonist born in 1917 who popularised the term 'graphic novel' (6) |
| FREED | Alan ___ , 1921-65, US disc jockey who popularised the term 'rock and roll' |
| OBLOMOV | 1857 novel by Ivan Goncharov (7) |
| THEDEAD | 1862 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (3,5,2,3,4) |
| LESMISERABLES | 1862 novel by Victor Hugo which was made into a musical (3,10) |
| LES | _ Miserables. 1862 novel by French author Victor Hugo (3) |
| SILAS | ___ Marner, 1862 novel by English writer George Eliot (5) |
| COLUMBO | Detective show that popularised the "howcatchem" format (7) |
| ELLIS | Philologist who was an inspiration for Pygmalion's professor and identified several English dialects, including Cumbrian, Pitmatic and that of the Smoggies; or, an author who explored yuppie nihilism |