| THEFLITCHOFBACON | 1854 novel by W H Ainsworth subtitled The Custom of Dunmow |
| BACON | see 7dn, 1854 novel by W H Ainsworth subtitled The Custom of Dunmow |
| THEFLITCHOF | and 24ac, 1854 novel by W H Ainsworth subtitled The Custom of Dunmow |
| AURIOL | 1844 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth subtitled The Elixir of Life |
| WHARTON | Author of novels including The Custom of the Country and The Age of Innocence and the nonfiction The Decoration of Houses (7) |
| HARD | 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind |
| HARDTIMES | 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind |
| TIMES | 1854 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
| OPUS | Latin for "work", found in the names of various styles of Roman masonry and used in the custom of numbering a specific musical composition (4) |
| ANNA | Forename of a duchess and Queen Victoria's lady of the bedchamber to whom the custom of afternoon tea is traditionally attributed (4) |
| LEISURE | Word, based on the Latin for "be allowed" and subject of a poem by W H Davies, for one's free time (7) |
| STBEDE | Canonized monk who introduced the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| BEDE | Theologian who started the custom of dating events from the birth of Christ |
| USE | The custom of the University from the Southeast (3) |
| NIGHTMAIL | 1936 documentary film featuring a poem by W H Auden and music by Benjamin Britten |
| ROOKWOOD | 1834 novel by William Harrison Ainsworth featuring the character Dick Turpin |
| HABIT | The custom of putting on the same clothes every day? (5) |
| POLYGAMY | The custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time (8) |
| USAGE | The custom of the States, for example given up (5) |
| WHATNEXT | Note in passage by W H Auden, originally and now? (4,4) |
