| SHIRLEYKEELDAR | A Charlotte Bronte character, an orphaned heiress, in a novel published in 1849 (7,7) |
| TESSDURBEYFIELD | Country girl created by Thomas Hardy in a novel published in 1891 (4,11) |
| EYRE | Charlotte Bronte character Jane |
| PADDINGTONBEAR | Waffle mixture of a Bronte character with a liking for marmalade (10,4) |
| SHIRLEY | Novel by Charlotte Bronte that was published in 1849 (7) |
| SPONGEFINGER | A boudoir biscuit or savoiardi in the shape of a lady's pinkie that is used in cookery to soak up the juice in a charlotte or the Marsala/sherry in the base of tiramisu or trifle (6,6) |
| JANEEYRE | Title governess of a Charlotte Bronte novel: 2 wds. |
| JANE | Eponymous heroine of a Charlotte Bronte novel (4,4) |
| CADE | An orphaned colt or lamb reared on a bottle, often as a pet; a barrel or cask; or, a Mediterranean juniper (4) |
| WHOSWHO | Annual British biographical dictionary first published in 1849 |
| FAULT | From "to deceive", a word for a lack or failing, such as a defect of character; an error; culpability; or, a fracture (5) |
| HEATHCLIFF | Emily Bronte character played in films by Laurence Olivier, Timothy Dalton and Ralph Fiennes |
| ROLE | Part or character an actor plays in a performance / function or office |
| PAUL | A Pokemon character, an apostle from Tarsus - or a Guardian crossword setter? (4) |
| HELEN | British leading lady who plays an eccentric firearm heiress in Winchester, ___ Mirren |
| CLAUDETTE | ____ Colbert, actress who played an heiress in 1934 film It Happened One Night (9) |
| PORTIA | Moon of Uranus named for a rich heiress in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice |
| HEIDI | Classic story of an orphaned girl in the Swiss Alps |
| BORN | - Free ; film about a husband and wife who raised an orphaned lioness cub called Elsa (4) |
| FOSTERHOME | A household into which an orphaned or neglected child is placed (6,4) |
