| MOBYDICK | 1851 novel by Herman Melville subtitled The Whale (4-4) |
| MOBY | --- -Dick, 1851 novel by Herman Melville, featuring Captain Ahab and the Pequod (4) |
| BARTLEBY | 1853 short story by Herman Melville subtitled A Story of Wall Street (8,3,9) |
| ISRAELPOTTER | 1855 novel by Herman Melville subtitled His Fifty Years of Exile |
| LABOHEME | 1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini based on an 1851 novel by French author Henri Murger (2,6) |
| STARBUCK | First mate of the Pequod in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby Dick (8) |
| MELVILLE | Herman _, US author who wrote the 1851 novel Moby-Dick (8) |
| THESCRIVENER | 1853 short story by Herman Melville subtitled A Story of Wall Street (8,3,9) |
| BILLY | 12 by Britten based on a novel by Herman Melville (5,4) |
| BILLYBUDD | Final novel by Herman Melville, adapted as an opera by Benjamin Britten (5,4) |
| WHALE | Moby-Dick, in the novel by Herman Melville (5) |
| AHAB | Fictional sea captain in a novel by Herman Melville (4) |
| OMOO | 1847 novel by Herman Melville (4) |
| PIERRE | 1852 novel by US author Herman Melville subtitled or, The Ambiguities (6) |
| POTTER | "Israel ___", 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6) |
| TYPEE | 1846 novel by Herman Melville (5) |
| ISRAEL | 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6,6) |
| FIELD | 1851 novel by Margaret Oliphant (5,5) |
| CALEB | 1851 novel by Margaret Oliphant (5,5) |
| CAPTAINAHAB | Main protagonist in Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick (7,4) |
