| VANITYFAIR | 1848 novel by William Thackeray subtitled A Novel without a Hero |
| THENEWCOMES | Novel by William Thackeray featuring the character Jack Belsize (3,8) |
| BARRYLYNDON | 'The Luck of ---', 1844 novel by William Thackeray (5,6) |
| TWOSISTERS | 1970 work by Gore Vidal subtitled A Novel in the Form of a Memoir (3,7) |
| MARYBARTON | 1848 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell |
| DUMBWAITER | Write bad novel without hesitation in lift (4,6) |
| HERO | "A Novel Without a ___" ("Vanity Fair" subtitle) |
| FAIR | Vanity -; 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (4) |
| VANITY | _ Fair, 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (6) |
| THEVIRGINIANS | Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray subtitled A Tale of the Last Century (3,10) |
| DONKEY | Smallest member of the horse family, once referred to by William Thackeray as a "cardophagus" (6) |
| AHERO | Thackeray's "Vanity Fair: A Novel Without ___" |
| BOO | Show disapproval of a novel without an ending (3) |
| SICKEN | Dickens novel without a frontispiece creates revolt (6) |
| DOMBEYANDSON | 1848 novel by Charles Dickens featuring Captain Cuttle (6,3,3) |
| TENANTOF | The -, 1848 novel by Anne Bronte (6,2,8,4) |
| WILDFELLHALL | The -, 1848 novel by Anne Bronte (6,2,8,4) |
| ANDSON | 1848 novel by Charles Dickens (6,3,3) |
| DOMBEY | 1848 novel by Charles Dickens (6,3,3) |
| TENANT | 1848 novel by Anne Bronte, The _ Of Wildfell Hall (6) |
