| CHAN | Charlie ?, detective creation of Earl Biggers who first appeared in 1925 novel The House Without a K |
| AKEY | "The House Without ___" (first of Earl Derr Biggers's Charlie Chan novels) |
| ALLENDE | Isabel, author of the novel The House of the Spirits (7) |
| ISABELALLENDE | Author of the novel The House of the Spirits (6,7) |
| STOCKTON | Frank R. --, American writer and humorist, author of the novel 'The House of Martha' (8) |
| SCOTFREE | Person from Glasgow falls on the house without a scratch (4-4) |
| EDITHWHARTON | American writer of the 1905 novel The House of Mirth (5,7) |
| EDITH | ____ Wharton, U.S. author noted for her novel The House Of Mirth published in 1905 (5) |
| SPELLBOUND | 1945 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock based on the novel The House of Dr. Edwardes (10) |
| LEQUEUX | William ___, London-born author of novels The House of Whispers and The Four Faces (2,5) |
| JAKEARNOTT | Author of novels The House of Rumour and The Fatal Tree (4,6) |
| NOISELESSLY | Sly lioness moved around back of house without a sound (11) |
| IGLOO | House without a fridge (5) |
| FATCHANCE | Some hope kismet claims detective creation of Biggers, E. D. (3,6) |
| VANDAL | Driven to The House without single hooligan (6) |
| POT | Vessel used to remedy the deficiencies of a house without adequate plumbing, chamber ... |
| REALTY | Property of earl at the outskirts of Tilbury right in the front (6) |
| CHARLIECHAN | Detective hero of six novels (1925-32) by US author Earl Derr Biggers (7,4) |
| ALIBI | Charlie Chan, Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese detective, advised, "Bad ... like dead fish, cannot stand test of time" |
| INNOCENT | Child at home, without a penny? (8) |
