| PRYNNE | Hester in 'The Scarlet Letter' |
| DEMI | She played Hester in "The Scarlet Letter" |
| REDA | The letter in "The Scarlet Letter" |
| HESTER | Pearl's mom in "The Scarlet Letter" |
| HISTORICALNOVEL | Colonials thrive, unexpectedly, in 'The Scarlet Letter', say (10,5) |
| ADULTERER | Hester Prynne of 'The Scarlet Letter,' e.g. |
| ORCZY | Baroness Emma -; author who wrote about the swashbuckling adventures of Sir Percy Blakeney in The Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| BRACT | Structure resembling a leaf as in the scarlet part of poinsettia foliage (5) |
| DRESS | Spot for Hester Prynne's scarlet letter |
| SCARLETLETTER | The ____, Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about the adulteress Hester Prynne |
| SCARLET | "The ---", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) (see 15D) |
| LETTER | "The ---", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) (see 11D) |
| LUMLEY | Joanna ___, actress playing Hester Frump in the new series of Wednesday (6) |
| CHEST | From the attic, Hester got a box (5) |
| LETTERA | What Hester Prynne wore in a Hawthorne novel |
| NATHANIEL | Author of the novels The Marble Faun and The Scarlet Letter (9,9) |
| HAWTHORNE | Author of the novels The Marble Faun and The Scarlet Letter (9,9) |
| GISH | Star of the 1926 version of "The Scarlet Letter" |
| KANE | Carol ?, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Hester Street (4) |
| APPLEYARD | Natalie Dormer in Picnic at Hanging Rock, Headmistress Hester ... (9) |
