| EVELINA | 1778 Frances Burney novel subtitled The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World |
| CLARISSA | Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel subtitled The History of a Young Lady (8) |
| HARLOWE | Clarissa ?, title character of a 1748 epistolary novel by Samuel Richardson subtitled the History of a Young Lady |
| ORA | "Evelina; ___ Young Lady's Entrance into the World" (18th century novel) |
| BELAMI | De Maupassant novel subtitled Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel |
| THEGOAT | Nickname for the best player in the history of a sport |
| PHILOLOGY | Study of the history of a language (9) |
| DRAKE | Raked over the history of a great old sailor (5) |
| ETYMOLOGY | The history of a word (9) |
| HERITAGE | The history of a place |
| SAXOPHONEBOOKS | Publications dedicated to the history of a jazz instrument? |
| JUDAIC | ___ studies (courses on the history of a certain religious group) |
| THEMAYOROFCASTERBRIDGE | Thomas Hardy novel subtitled The Life and Death of a Man of Character |
| QUEENZIXI | L Frank Baum novel subtitled The Story of the Magic Cloak (5,4,2,2) |
| OFIX | L Frank Baum novel subtitled The Story of the Magic Cloak (5,4,2,2) |
| INGRESS | Arrival of the Moon into Earth's shadow in an eclipse; or, the Sun's entrance into a constellation or part of the sky (7) |
| WORZEL | 1936 children's novel subtitled The Scarecrow of Scatterbrook, by Barbara Euphan Todd (6,8) |
| AYESHA | 1905 H. Rider Haggard novel subtitled The Return of She (6) |
| BRIDESHEADREVISITED | 1945 Evelyn Waugh novel subtitled The Sacred & Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder |
| SILASMARNER | 1861 George Eliot novel subtitled The Weaver Of Raveloe (5,6) |
