| THENEWCOMES | 1855 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (3,8) |
| HENRYESMOND | The History Of --- ---, 1852 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (5,6) |
| BARRYLYNDON | 1975 Stanley Kubrick film starring Ryan O'Neal, based on a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (5,6) |
| VANITYFAIR | 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (6,4) |
| PENDENNIS | Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (9) |
| FAIR | Vanity -; 1848 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (4) |
| VANITY | - - - Fair, novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (6) |
| THEVIRGINIANS | Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray subtitled A Tale of the Last Century (3,10) |
| SNOBS | The Book of -; satire collection by William Makepeace Thackeray (5) |
| ARTHURPENDENNIS | Alter ego used by William Makepeace Thackeray |
| OFPENDENNIS | see 1ac, 1850 William Makepeace Thackeray novel whose characters include Emily Fotheringay and Captain Costigan |
| POTTER | "Israel ___", 1855 novel by Herman Melville (6) |
| NORTH | and 3dn, 1855 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell (5,3,5) |
| ISRAELPOTTER | 1855 novel by Herman Melville subtitled His Fifty Years of Exile |
| THEWARDEN | 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope (3,6) |
| 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) |
| SEPTIMUS | The Warden in an 1855 novel by Anthony Trollope (8) |
