| WOODLANDERS | 'The -, 1887 novel by Thomas Hardy (11) |
| OFTHENATIVE | The ___, 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy featuring the character Damon Wildeve (6,2,3,6) |
| THERETURNOF | Novel by Thomas Hardy featuring the character Diggory Venn (3,6,2,3,6) |
| TWOONATOWER | 1882 novel by Thomas Hardy (3,2,1,5) |
| ASTUDYINSCARLET | 1887 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle that introduced the character of Sherlock Holmes (1,5,2,7) |
| ALLANQUATERMAIN | 1887 novel by H Rider Haggard |
| ALLAN | & 2D 1887 novel by H Rider Haggard (5,10) |
| SHE | 1887 novel by H. Rider Haggard (3) |
| FATHER | 'The ---', 1887 play by August Strindberg (6) |
| ESPERANTO | Invention described in the 1887 book "Unua Libro" (and the subject of this puzzle's quotation) |
| AYESHA | Title character of the 1887 H. Rider Haggard novel She, also called Hiya (6) |
| OTELLO | What is the title of the 1887 Verdi opera based on a Shakespeare plaY? (6) |
| DELIUS | English composer of the 1887 orchestral piece Florida Suite (6) |
| NATIVE | 'The Return of the -', novel by Thomas Hardy (6) |
| ASTUDYINCLARETS | 1887 novel about analyzing red wines? |
| RETURN | The ___, 1878 novel by Thomas Hardy featuring the character Damon Wildeve (6,2,3,6) |
| MADDINGCROWD | Far from the ___ 1874 novel by Thomas Hardy which is about the farming community in Victorian England: 2 wds. |
| OBSCURE | "Jude the ___", novel by Thomas Hardy (7) |
| TRUMPETMAJOR | The ?, 1880 novel by Thomas Hardy (7-5) |
| TESS | ___ of the D'Urbervilles, 1892 novel by Thomas Hardy (4) |
