| CRATCHIT | Bob, Ebenezer Scrooge's clerk in Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol (8) |
| BOBCRATCHIT | Ebenezer Scrooge's clerk in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (3,8) |
| EBENEZER | Miserly central character in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol (8,7) |
| SCROOGED | 1988 film based on Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol (8) |
| JACOBMARLEY | Deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol (5,6) |
| SCROOGE | Miserly central character in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol - see 13dn (0) |
| TOBYVECK | Protagonist of 1844 Charles Dickens novella The Chimes (4,4) |
| EBENEZERSCROOGE | Miser in Charles Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol (8,7) |
| CHARLESDICKENS | 19th-century author whose novella A Christmas Carol has had numerous film and TV adaptations: 2 wds. |
| THECHIMES | 1844 Charles Dickens novella subtitled A Goblin Story Of Some Bells That Rang An Old Year Out And A New Year In (3,6) |
| ACHRISTMASCAROL | Charles Dickens novella published in 1843 (1,9,5) |
| URIAH | Mr Heep, clerk in Charles Dickens's novel David Copperfield (5) |
| NEWMANNOGGS | Ralph Nickleby's clerk in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (6,5) |
| JLCARR | Author of the 1980 novella A Month in the Country |
| MARLEY | Jacob --, Ebenezer Scrooge's deceased business partner who became a ghost (6) |
| SCRATCH | Cash - shilling - Scrooge's clerk hasn't got it (7) |
| GHOST | Eye-opening epiphany: Any one of Ebenezer Scrooge's three uninvited nighttime visitors |
| HEARTH | "The Cricket on the ___" (Dickens novella) |
| BAH | Ebenezer Scrooge's exclamation |
| FRED | Ebenezer Scrooge's nephew |
