| CITIES | A Tale of Two ___, Dickens novel (6) |
| DORRIT | "Little ___" (Dickens novel about a girl born and raised in a debtors' prison) |
| FRIEND | Our Mutual ___, Dickens novel (6) |
| ALESHA | TV talent show judge and mother of two, _ Dixon, pictured (6) |
| PAPERS | The Pickwick_, Dickens' first novel (6) |
| DODGER | "The Artful ___" --Dickens character (6) |
| HEARTH | "The Cricket on the ___" (Dickens novella) (6) |
| CAROL | A Christmas ___, Dickens novel (5) |
| SON | 'Dombey and ___' (Dickens novel) |
| HOUSE | Bleak ___, Dickens novel (5) |
| TIMES | Hard ___, Dickens novel (5) |
| SHOP | The Old Curiosity ___, Dickens novel |
| TWIST | Oliver _, Dickens novel (5) |
| EXPECTATIONS | "Great ___" : Dickens novel |
| RUDGE | "Barnaby ___", Dickens novel |
| EVILS | Lesser of two ___; better of imperfect choices |
| OLLI | Singer and presenter who recently became a father of two, _ Murs (4) |
| ELLIE | Singer and new mother of two, _ Goulding (5) |
| ENDANGERED | The Knysna seahorse is one of 2___ species of seahorse in the world |
| ASS | 'The law is a ___': Dickens |
