| BRONTES | Charlotte, Emily and Anne (7) |
| BRONTE | Charlotte, Emily and Anne 1800s sisters and writers (6) |
| ROE | The school Charlotte, Emily, and Anne all attended (3) |
| BELL | Pen surname of Bronte sisters Charlotte, Emily and Anne (4) |
| MARIA | Charlotte, Emily, and Anne's mother (5) |
| EMIRATE | Emily and I judge Dubai, for one (7) |
| ANNE | Emily and Charlotte's sister |
| DESCHANEL | Surname of siblings and American actresses Emily and Zooey |
| ROSS | Husband of Carol, Emily and Rachel (twice?) (4) |
| POSTS | Emily and Wiley |
| MACKEY | Emma ___, star of films Emily and Eiffel (6) |
| SQUIRES | Members of a royal house including James I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Anne (7) |
| VOLCANO | 1997 action film starring Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche (7) |
| SPANNER | Put this in the works and Anne has the right to go to her bookie (7) |
| DIARIES | 'The ---', 2001 film starring Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway (8,7) |
| ALIASES | Ayn Rand and Anne Rice, e.g. |
| MACABRE | Like stories by Shirley Jackson and Anne Rice |
| THERAID | 1954 action film starring Van Heflin and Anne Bancroft |
| ORPHANS | Annie and Anne of Green Gables, for two |
| DEWYEYED | Dee, Wendy, Emily and Enid outwardly are innocent (4,4) |