| JANEEYRE | Charlotte Bronte's orphan |
| EYRE | C. Bronte's orphan Jane |
| PROFESSOR | The -; Charlotte Bronte's novel based on Etonian orphan William Crimsworth (9) |
| CURRER | ___ Bell, Charlotte Bronte's nom de plume. |
| JANE | Charlotte Bronte's classic novel, ... Eyre |
| SNOWE | Lucy of Charlotte Bronte's 1853 book Villette |
| ROCHESTER | Edward - - -, character in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (9) |
| RHYS | Jean ___, novelist best known for Wide Sargasso Sea, a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre |
| EYRES | Jane's of Charlotte Bronte's 1847 book |
| EDWARDROCHESTER | Master of Thornfield Hall in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (6,9) |
| SHIRLEY | Charlotte Bronte's 1849 novel, which she wrote in an empty parsonage (7) |
| VILLETTE | Charlotte Bronte's 1853 novel following a harangued teacher at a girls' school in Belgium (8) |
| JEANRHYS | British novelist whose Wide Sargasso Sea (1966) was a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (4,4) |
| EDWARD | Character who married the titular heroine of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (6) |
| BERTHA | Mr Rochester's first wife in Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre (6) |
| SARGASSO | Wide ___ Sea 1966 novel by Jean Rhys that was written as a prequel to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre |
| MOORE | Robert, mill-owner in Charlotte Bronte's novel Shirley (5) |
| BERTHAMASON | First wife of Edward Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (6,5) |
| WIDESARGASSOSEA | 1966 novel by Jean Rhys featuring characters from Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) |
| THORNFIELDHALL | Residence of Edward Fairfax Rochester in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre (1847) (10,4) |