| MARBLEFAUN | Hawthorne novel, with "The" |
| SCARLET | "The ___", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) |
| LETTER | "The ---", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) (see 11D) |
| HESTERPRYNNE | Protagonist of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel The Scarlet Letter (6,6) |
| SCARLETLETTER | 1850 Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring a red "A," with "The" |
| FAUN | "The Marble __" (Hawthorne novel) |
| REDA | Colored letter in a Hawthorne novel |
| THEMARBLEFAUN | Hawthorne novel |
| THESCARLETLETTER | Nathaniel Hawthorne novel (3,7,6) |
| LETTERA | Scarlet stigma in a Hawthorne novel |
| HEATHROW | Noodlehead left Hawthorne novel in airport (8) |
| NATHANIEL | _ Hawthorne, author who wrote the 1860 novel The Scarlet Letter (9) |
| MARBLE | The ?, 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (6,4) |
| AITCH | The Scarlet Letter, with long introduction from Hawthorne |
| EFFECT | The Hawthorne ____ is the modification of behaviour by those who know they are being observed |
| MADNESS | The - of King George; film with an all-star cast including Nigel Hawthorne, Helen Mirren and Ian Holm (7) |
| KEEN | Diane _, actress who played Fliss Hawthorne in the sitcom The Cuckoo Waltz (4) |
| TUTOR | Help with Hawthorne, maybe |
| SALEM | Where Hawthorne wrote "The Scarlet Letter" |
| MAYPOLE | "The __ of Merry Mount" (Hawthorne short story) |
