| ALLTHEYEARROUND | A 'weekly journal conducted by Charles Dickens' first published in 1859 |
| RUDGE | Central character in Charles Dickens' first historical novel (5) |
| AMA | Org. with a peer-reviewed weekly journal |
| OBLOMOV | The best known novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859 |
| EVENINGSTANDARD | Newspaper serving London, first published in 1859 (7,8) |
| ATALEOFTWOCITIES | Novel by Charles Dickens published in 1859 (1,4,2,3,6) |
| ORIGIN | On The ___ Of Species, book by naturalist Charles Darwin published in 1859 (6) |
| ADAM | - - - Bede, George Eliot's first novel, published in 1859, set in the community of Hayslope (4) |
| BEDE | Adam ___, George Eliot's first novel, published in 1859; set in the community of Hayslope (4) |
| ADAMBEDE | George Eliot's first novel published in 1859 (4,4) |
| RICHARD | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
| THE | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
| FEVEREL | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
| ORDEALOF | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
| DREAMER | Dickens' first twenty quires given to Queen by idealist (7) |
| DRUDGE | Dickens' first character is a menial (6) |
| AMENDED | Last word written by Dickens' first editor corrected |
| SCOTSMAN | The ____, newspaper first published as a weekly in Edinburgh in 1817 (8) |
| DARWIN | He wrote The Origin of Species, which was published in 1859. |
| LABOHEME | Opera by Puccini first performed in Turin in 1896, and conducted by Toscanini |
