| WIDESARGASSOSEA | 1966 novel by Jean Rhys featuring characters from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) |
| SCARLETTOHARA | Fictional character from Charlotte, as newly portrayed by artist (8,5) |
| CRISIS | The sixth annual Arrowverse crossover event featuring characters from DC Comics, - on Infinite Earths (6) |
| SARGASSO | Wide ___ Sea 1966 novel by Jean Rhys that was written as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre |
| RHYS | Jean ---, 20th Century novelist best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea, a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (4) |
| JEANRHYS | British novelist whose Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) was a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (4,4) |
| ROCHESTER | Character who married the titular heroine of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (9) |
| EDWARD | Character who married the titular heroine of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (6) |
| BERTHAMASON | First wife of Edward Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (6,5) |
| THORNFIELDHALL | Residence of Edward Fairfax Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (10,4) |
| EDWARDROCHESTER | Master of Thornfield Hall in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (6,9) |
| SEA | Ending of titles by Jean Rhys and Ernest Hemingway |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | 1955 Fred Astaire film taken from a novel by Jean Webster (5,4,4) |
| CAVEBEAR | Novel by Jean M. Auel, set in prehistoric times, Clan of the ___ ___ (4,4) |
| GUNMAN | A 2015 Sean Penn film based on a novel by Jean Patrick Manchette, The _ (6) |
| HORNET | Insect that a pro team from Charlotte is named for |
| SARGASSOSEA | North Atlantic body of water, as in the title of author Jean Rhys' 1966 novel Wide ___ ___ |
| NAUSEA | Existentialist novel by Jean-Paul Sartre |
| LONG | Daddy ___ Legs 1912 epistolary novel by Jean Webster |
| ARLO | Folkie from Charlotte |
