| AUGIEMARCH | Eponymous hero of a picaresque novel by Saul Bellow published in 1953 |
| RAVELSTEIN | Last book by Saul Bellow published in 2000 possibly is relevant (10) |
| HENDERSON | ' ********* The Rain King', book by Saul Bellow published in 1959 (9) |
| TOMJONES | Short title of a 1749 picaresque novel by Henry Fielding (3,5) |
| GILBLAS | Picaresque novel by Alain-Rene LeSage (3,4) |
| BLAS | "Gil ___ (picaresque novel by Lesage) |
| HUMBDLOT | Titular gifted protagonist of a Pulitzer Prizewinning 1975 novel by Saul Bellow (8) |
| SEIZE | ___ the Day 1956 novel by Saul Bellow whose plot takes place over a single day |
| DANGLING | And 11 1944 novel by Saul Bellow (8,3) |
| MAN | see 1dn, 1944 novel by Saul Bellow |
| DANGLINGMAN | 1944 novel by Saul Bellow (8,3) |
| HERZOG | 1964 novel by Saul Bellow (6) |
| CORELLI | Captain _____, eponymous hero of a novel by Louis de Bernieres (7) |
| KRAPP | Eponymous hero of a 1958 play by Samuel Beckett (5) |
| BESS | Eponymous hero of a 12 by the Gershwins (4) |
| IVANHOE | Eponymous hero of a Walter Scott novel (7) |
| TARASBULBA | Cossack leader, the eponymous hero of a 1962 adventure film based on a Gogol novella (5,5) |
| NASHE | Thomas ___, author of the first picaresque novel in English, The Unfortunate Traveller, or the Life of Jack Wilton |
| THEANCIENTMARINER | Eponymous hero of a Coleridge poem (3,7,7) |
| FINLAY | Doctor___, eponymous hero of a popular 1960s and 1990s TV series (6) |
