| JOHNBUCHAN | Author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (4,6) |
| BUCHAN | John ___, author of 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| HANNAY | Protagonist and narrator of John Buchan's 1915 novel The Thirty-Nine Steps (6) |
| ELG | Taina of "The Thirty-Nine Steps" |
| NEST | Gang of spies in The Thirty Nine Steps (4) |
| BULLIVANT | Sir Walter --, character in John Buchan's novel 'The Thirty-Nine Steps' (9) |
| GREENMANTLE | 1916 novel by John Buchan, a sequel to The Thirty-Nine Steps (11) |
| POWELL | Robert, The Thirty Nine Steps actor (6) |
| WELCH | Ed ?, musical collaborator with Spike Milligan whose film scores include 1978 film drama The Thirty Nine Steps |
| RICHARDHANNAY | Itinerant ranch hand stuck in shaft with leading investigator in The Thirty-Nine Steps (7,6) |
| STEPS | 1915 adventure novel by John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine _ (5) |
| LOSTPRINCE | The ___, 1915 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett (4,6) |
| THIRTYNINE | The ?, 1915 novel by John Buchan |
| THERAINBOW | Controversial 1915 novel by D.H. Lawrence featuring the Brangwen family (3,7) |
| WESTPHALIA | The 1648 Peace of ____ ended the Thirty Years' War |
| HAY | Ian ___, author of 1915 war book The First Hundred Thousand (3) |
| FORD | Ford Madox _, author of the 1915 novel The Good Soldier (4) |
| GRIZZFORCE | Army led by the "30 Rock" character who's friends with Dot Com? |
| THIRTYNINESTEPS | 1915 novel written by John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940) for which Alfred Hitchcock directed the 1935 movie thriller adaptation, The ___-___ ___ |
| DOCTORSYN | 1915 novel by Russell Thorndike subtitled A Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh (6,3) |
