| ACHRISTMASCAROL | 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
| CAROL | 1843 novella by Charles Dickens (1,9,5) |
| ACHRISTMAS | 1843 novella by Charles Dickens (1,9,5) |
| CRICKETONTHEHEARTH | The ___; novella by Charles Dickens originally illustrated by artists including Edwin Landseer and Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (7,2,3,6) |
| THECHIMES | Novella by Charles Dickens (3,6) |
| EBENEZERSCROOGE | Miser who is the protagonist of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol (8,7) |
| CHRISTMASCAROL | A ___; novella by Charles Dickens, divided into five staves (9,5) |
| THEBATTLEOFLIFE | Novella by Charles Dickens, one of his five "Christmas Books" (3,6,2,4) |
| HEARTH | Christmas novella by Charles Dickens, The Cricket On The - - - (6) |
| EBENEZER | Miserly central character in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol (8,7) |
| BOBCRATCHIT | Employee of Scrooge in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol |
| MARTINCHUZZLEWIT | Novel by Charles Dickens originally serialised between 1843 and 1844 |
| SCROOGE | Miserly central character in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol - see 13dn (0) |
| BOB | Charles Dickens, 1843: Mr. Cratchit of A Christmas Carol |
| TINYTIM | Crippled boy in Charles Dickens' 1843 novel (4,3) |
| THEFLYINGDUTCHMAN | 1843 opera by Richard Wagner inspired by a sea crossing from Riga to London (3,6,8) |
| JACOBMARLEY | Deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) (5,6) |
| CARD | First sent in 1843 by V&A founding director Sir Henry Cole with an illustration by John Callcott Horsley, a decorative notelet posted to convey seasonal greetings at Christmas-time (4) |
| DILKE | Charles ___, Liberal politician born in 1843 whose career was scuppered by a divorce case |
| BOHEMIAN | The ___, 1843 opera by Michael William Balfe (8,4) |
