| THOMASHARDY | English novelist who created the characters Angel Clare and Bathsheba Everdene (6,5) |
| TESS | Wife of Angel Clare, in literature |
| HEIDI | Gardner with the recurring "S.N.L." character "Angel, Every Boxer's Girlfriend from Every Movie About Boxing Ever" |
| STEPHENKING | U.S. writer who created the characters Annie Wilkes and Jack Torrance (7,4) |
| FRANSTRIKER | US writer for radio and comics who co-created the characters the Lone Ranger and the Green Hornet (4,7) |
| CHARLESDICKENS | English novelist who created the characters Tiny Tim and Bob Cratchit (7,7) |
| KINGSOLOMON | Wise man, son of David and Bathsheba (4,7) |
| LUSTFORWIFE | Iggy Pop's ballad about David and Bathsheba? |
| RUTHRENDELL | Crime novelist who created the fictional detective Chief Inspector Wexford (4,7) |
| ANTHONYHOPE | Novelist who created the kingdom of Ruritania |
| WODEHOUSE | PG _, English novelist who created the comic literary characters Jeeves and Wooster (9) |
| FARFROM | - - the Madding Crowd; Thomas Hardy's Wessex novel about the heroine Bathsheba Everdene (3,4) |
| OAK | The shepherd devoted to Bathsheba Everdene in Far From The Madding Crowd (7,3) |
| GABRIEL | The shepherd devoted to Bathsheba Everdene in Far From The Madding Crowd (7,3) |
| SERGEANT | ____ Troy, character who marries Bathsheba Everdene in Far From The Madding Crowd (8) |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish wit, poet and dramatist who created the characters Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism (5,5) |
| SACHA | Actor and comedian who created the characters Borat and Ali G , - - - Baron Cohen (5) |
| ANTHONY | 19th Century English novelist who created the fictional county of Barsetshire (7,8) |
| TROLLOPE | 19th Century English novelist who created the fictional county of Barsetshire (7,8) |
| KNIGHT | Eric, English novelist who created the fictional collie Lassie (6) |
