| SPENLOW | Dora, first wife of David Copperfield in a novel by Charles Dickens (7) |
| DORASPENLOW | First wife of David Copperfield in a 1850 novel by Charles Dickens (4,7) |
| HYPATIA | Greek philosopher whose story is told in a novel by Charles Kingsley (7) |
| ABIGAIL | A wife of David in the Bible, an old name for a lady's maid |
| GEORGIA | Wife of David Tennant's in nation on the Black Sea (7) |
| ARMANDO | _ Iannucci, director of The Personal History of David Copperfield (7) |
| TRIFFID | Member of a race of monstrous plants in a novel by John Wyndham (7) |
| MOCKING | Word linked with "bird" for a symbol of innocence in a novel by Harper Lee (7) |
| DORA | First wife of David Copperfield of literature |
| AGNESWICKFIELD | In Dickens's novel, the 2nd wife of David Copperfield (5,9) |
| IRONMAN | Character in a novel by Ted Hughes; a superhero with the alter ego Tony Stark; or, as one word, a trademark of long-distance triathlons (4,3) |
| KESTREL | Bird depicted in a novel by Barry Hines (adapted to film by Ken Loach) (7) |
| ETONIAN | Note in a novel by one who got an education in England (7) |
| HARLOWE | Surname of Clarissa in a novel by Samuel Richardson (7) |
| CORELLI | Antonio -; mandolin-playing captain in a novel by Louis de Bernieres (7) |
| MOHICAN | In a novel by James Fenimore Cooper, to what native pe0ple does Hawkeye belong? (7) |
| ANGIE | First wife of David Bowie (5) |
| OLIVER | Carol Reed film based on a novel by Charles Dickens (6) |
| LITTLEDORRIT | 1987 period drama film based on a novel by Charles Dickens (6,6) |
| DEADCALM | 1989 suspense film based on a novel by Charles Williams (4,4) |
