| WOLFHALL | Hilary Mantel novel about the rise of Thomas Cromwell |
| AILMENT | Mantel novel about current disorder (7) |
| WOLF | - Hall, Hilary Mantel novel set in the court of Henry VIII (4) |
| WELLS | Author, "H G", who wrote about the rise of machines in his iconic novel The War of the Worlds (5) |
| BRINGUPTHEBODIES | Hilary Mantel novel, a follow-up to Wolf Hall, and winner of the 2012 Man Booker prize |
| HALL | Wolf _, adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novel (4) |
| HOWARD | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| CATHERINE | Queen of England whose wedding was on the same day as the execution of Thomas Cromwell (9,6) |
| RICH | Henry VIII's minister who played a key role in the trials of Sir Thomas More and John Fisher as well as the downfall of Sir Thomas Cromwell and the dissolution of the monasteries (4) |
| REGARD | Care about the rise of American influence |
| RABBINIST | One teaches Jews to go on about the rise of wickedness |
| EDDISON | Paul - - - , RW contributor who wrote about the rise of Thibaud Flament (7) |
| ARDENT | Passionate about the rise of Flanders in painting (6) |
| ANNA | Classic book author's 12-month record about the rise of a Sussex town (4,6) |
| SEWELL | Classic book author's 12-month record about the rise of a Sussex town (4,6) |
| MANTEL | Hilary a"; English author of the Thomas Cromwell trilogy including Wolf Hall and The Mirror and the Light (6) |
| HOLBEIN | Artist who painted portraits of Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, several of the latter's wives and other prominent figures at the Tudor court (7) |
| TROYSTORY | Movie about the rise and fall of Helen's city? |
| CROMWELL | Historical subject of Hilary Mantel's 2009 novel "Wolf Hall" |
| ALLOTMENT | Mantel novel introducing set plot (9) |
