| EYRE | 'Jane ___' (Charlotte Bronte novel) |
| AWEB | "We wove ___...": Charlotte Bronte |
| ACHURCH | "Silent as ___" (Charlotte Bronte) |
| ROCHESTER | Edward, hero of the Charlotte Bronte novel Jane Eyre (9) |
| JANEEYRE | Title governess of a Charlotte Bronte novel: 2 wds. |
| VILLETTE | Charlotte Bronte novel (8) |
| LUCYSNOWE | Heroine of the Charlotte Bronte novel Villette (4,5) |
| JANE | ___ Eyre, Charlotte Bronte novel (4) |
| KEELDAR | Surname of the titular heroine of the 1849 Charlotte Bronte novel Shirley (7) |
| SHIRLEY | 1849 novel by Charlotte Bronte |
| EYRES | Charlotte Bronte heroine Jane, and surnamesakes |
| THEPROFESSOR | Novel by Charlotte Bronte published posthumously in 1857 |
| PROFESSOR | The ___; Charlotte Bronte's novel based on Etonian orphan William Crimsworth (9) |
| IAM | "___ Charlotte Simmons" (Tom Wolfe novel) |
| SHIRLEYKEELDAR | A Charlotte Bronte character, an orphaned heiress, in a novel published in 1849 (7,7) |
| THACKERAY | Noted for satirical works including The Book of Snobs and Vanity Fair: Pen and Pencil Sketches of English Society, novelist to whom Charlotte Bronte dedicated Jane Eyre (9) |
| CURRERBELL | Full nom de plume of Acton and Ellis's literary sister, Charlotte Bronte, who penned Jane Eyre (6,4) |
| MISSTEMPLE | Kindhearted schoolteacher created by Charlotte Bronte |
| BELL | Currer ___, pseudonym of Charlotte Bronte (4) |
| EMILY | Sister of Anne and Charlotte Bronte (5) |
