| THECUSTOMOF | & 25A 1913 Edith Wharton novel whose central character is Undine Spragg (3,6,2,3,7) |
| THECUSTOMOFTHECOUNTRY | 1913 Edith Wharton novel whose central character is Undine Spragg |
| THECOUNTRY | 1913 Edith Wharton novel whose central character is Undine Spragg (3,6,2,3,7) |
| HOUSEOFMIRTH | "The ___", Edith Wharton novel whose heroine is Lily Bart (5,2,5) |
| ETHANFROME | 1911 Edith Wharton novel set in the fictional town of Starkfield (5,5) |
| THEAGEOFINNOCENCE | Pulitzer Prize-winning Edith Wharton novel published in 1920 |
| THEHOUSEOFMIRTH | 1905 Edith Wharton novel featuring the New York socialite Lily Bart (3,5,2,5) |
| THEMAGIC | and 16 Thomas Mann novel whose central character is Hans Castorp (3,5,8) |
| BALLADOF | And 10 The -, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| FAMEIS | and 21ac, 1940 Howard Spring novel whose central character is Hamer Shawcross |
| FAMEISTHESPUR | and 21ac, 1940 Howard Spring novel whose central character is Hamer Shawcross |
| ETHAN | "___ Frome" (Edith Wharton novel) |
| AGE | The ___ of Innocence, Edith Wharton novel (3) |
| INNOCENCE | The Age of_, 1920 Edith Wharton novel (9) |
| MIRTH | "The House of ___" (Edith Wharton novel) |
| AGEOF | Edith Wharton novel, The ___ Innocence |
| FROME | Ethan in an Edith Wharton novel |
| THEAGE | "___ of Innocence" (Edith Wharton novel) |
| SATURDAY | Ian McEwan novel whose central character is Henry Perowne (8) |
| ENGLISHMAN | Kingsley Amis novel whose central character is Roger Micheldene (3,3,10) |