| BLACKBEAUTY | 1877 novel by Anna Sewell; fictional story of a horse (5,6) |
| STRIDER | Tolstoy work subtitled "The Story of a Horse" |
| BEAUTY | 1877 novel by Anna Sewell (5,6) |
| BLACK | 1877 novel by Anna Sewell (5,6) |
| THEAMERICAN | 1877 novel by Anthony Trollope (3,8,7) |
| URBANLEGEND | Fictional story often believed to be true (5,6) |
| RUNNING | 2001 novel by Anna Maxted (7,2,5) |
| OTRUETHING | 1994 semi-autobiographical novel by Anna Quindlen |
| INHEELS | 2001 novel by Anna Maxted (7,2,5) |
| BALLANTYNE | Novel by Anna? Tell children's book author (10) |
| SENATOR | The -, 1877 novel by Anthony Trollope (8,7) |
| AMERICAN | The -, 1877 novel by Anthony Trollope (8,7) |
| THEAMERICANSENATOR | 1877 novel by Anthony Trollope |
| AMERICANSENATOR | The ?, 1877 novel by Anthony Trollope |
| SQUIREGORDON | Second owner of the titular horse in the 1877 Anna Sewell novel Black Beauty, following Farmer Grey (6,6) |
| AFAREWELLTOARMS | Real tale of war? Different manuscript from this fictional story (1,8,2,4) |
| SEWELL | Anna ___, author of 1877 novel Black Beauty (6) |
| ANNA | _ Sewell, author of the 1877 novel Black Beauty (4) |
| DUPE | Sucker for a fictional story line |
| BACKBEAUTY | Anna Sewell work about the loveliness of one's posterior body surface? |
