| DAVIDCOPPERFIELD | Charles Dickens' eighth novel (5,11) |
| HIGHTEA | Eighth novel rests on a British tradition (4,3) |
| THE | "Toll ___ Hounds" (eighth novel in Steven Erikson's 10-book Malazan cycle) |
| PARTNER | The ____ (1997) is John Grisham's eighth novel about lawyers (7) |
| ATALEOFTWOCITIES | 1859 novel by Charles Dickens featuring characters Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton |
| OLDCURIOSITYSHOP | Novel by Charles Dickens, main character Nell Trent (3,9,4) |
| MARTINCHUZZLEWIT | Novel by Charles Dickens originally serialised between 1843 and 1844 |
| POISONEDCHALICES | see 10ac, Clerk in the 1850 Charles Dickens novel David Copperfield (5,4) |
| NICHOLASNICKLEBY | 1839 Charles Dickens book |
| SON | Charles Dickens novel "Dombey and ___" |
| TALE | "A ___ of Two Cities" (Charles Dickens novel) |
| BLEAK | "___ House", novel by Charles Dickens (5) |
| TWOCITIES | Charles Dickens novel, A Tale of... (3,6) |
| OLIVER | *Musical based on Charles Dickens' novel |
| OURMUTUALFRIEND | The last completed novel of Charles Dickens |
| ATALE | Charles Dickens novel, ...of Two Cities (1,4) |
| GREAT | 1861 novel by Charles Dickens (5,12) |
| NICKLEBY | Nicholas ........, novel by Charles Dickens (8) |
| RUDGE | 'Barnaby --', novel by Charles Dickens (5) |
| DAVID | Charles Dickens novel, ... Copperfield |
