| ISRAELPOTTER | 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6,6) |
| POTTER | 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6,6) |
| ISRAEL | 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6,6) |
| 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) |
| OMOO | Novel by Herman Melville |
| MOBY | 19th century novel by Herman Melville (4,4) |
| WHALE | Moby-Dick, in the novel by Herman Melville (5) |
| MOBYDICK | 1851 novel by Herman Melville subtitled The Whale (4-4) |
| AHAB | Fictional sea captain in a novel by Herman Melville (4) |
| TYPEE | 1846 novel by Herman Melville |
| AHOLEINTEXAS | 2004 novel by Herman Wouk |
| THESCRIVENER | 1853 short story by Herman Melville subtitled A Story of Wall Street (8,3,9) |
| NORTH | and 3dn, 1855 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell (5,3,5) |
| THEWARDEN | 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope (3,6) |
| THENEWCOMES | 1855 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (3,8) |
| ANDSOUTH | 1855 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell (3,5) |
| WARDEN | 'The ---', 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope (6) |
| NORTHANDSOUTH | 1855 novel by Mrs. Gaskell (5,3,5) |
| WESTWARDHO | 1855 novel by Charles Kingsley (8,2) |
