| DONN | Arabella, character in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude the Obscure (4) |
| ALLEN | Arabella, character in Dickens's Pickwick Papers (5) |
| SUE | And 11 Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| BRIDEHEAD | Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| DEWY | Dick, character in the Thomas Hardy novel Under the Greenwood Tree (4) |
| YEOBRIGHT | Clym, character in the Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native (9) |
| DERRIMAN | Festus, character in the Thomas Hardy novel The Trumpet Major (8) |
| FARFRAE | Donald, character in the Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge who marries Lucetta Templeman |
| ETHE | The answer is easily found in Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy (4) |
| SUEBRIDEHEAD | Love interest of Jude Fawley in Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure |
| HARDY | Dorset's celebrated literary figure who used the names Shaston or Palladour to describe the Saxon hilltop town Shaftesbury in the fictional Wessex of his novels Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbe |
| OBSCURE | Thomas Hardy novel, Jude The - - - (7) |
| ALEC | First name of the Thomas Hardy character who seduces Tess (4) |
| EUSTACIAVYE | Wife of Clym Yeobright in the Thomas Hardy novel The Return of the Native (8,3) |
| TOBY | Steam tram numbered 7 in the Thomas the Tank Engine series (4) |
| WEIR | Actress and comedian who was part of The Fast Show in the 90s, Arabella _ (4) |
| RENE | Pierce's co-star in "The Thomas Crown Affair" |
| FAYE | Steve's costar in "The Thomas Crown Affair" |
| FIGG | Arabella, neighbour of Harry and dealer in crossbred cats in Harry Potter (4) |
| LOCK | 'The --', poem by Alexander Pope featuring Miss Arabella Fermor (4) |
