| NONAME | 1862 novel by Wilkie Collins (2,4) |
| MOONSTONE | The ___, 1868 novel by Wilkie Collins considered to be the first detective novel (9) |
| THEMOONSTONE | Novel by Wilkie Collins (3,9) |
| THEWOMANINWHITE | 1859 mystery novel by Wilkie Collins (3,5,2,5) |
| THEBLACK | 1881 novel by Wilkie Collins |
| ARMADALE | 1866 novel by Wilkie Collins |
| THE | and 21d, 1868 novel by Wilkie Collins |
| THEBLACKROBE | 1881 novel by Wilkie Collins |
| ROBE | 1881 novel by Wilkie Collins (3,5,4) |
| WOMAN | & 15D 'The ---', 1860 novel by Wilkie Collins (5,2,5) |
| INWHITE | The ---', 1860 novel by Wilkie Collins (5,2,5) |
| THEWOMAN | 1860 novel by Wilkie Collins (3,5) |
| BASIL | A herb used for pesto, pistou and panzanella; a novel by Wilkie Collins; or, a character in Fawlty Towers (5) |
| MOON | Word linking with "stone" for the diamond in a novel by Wilkie Collins (4) |
| ANNECATHERICK | The Woman in White in a novel by Wilkie Collins (4,9) |
| LESMIZ | Musical based on an 1862 novel, for short |
| JAVERT | Police inspector in Victor Hugo's 1862 novel Les Miserables (6) |
| THEHOUSEOFTHEDEAD | 1862 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky |
| ORLEYFARM | 1862 novel by Anthony Trollope |
| ORLEY | 1862 novel by Anthony Trollope (5,4) |