| LAPHAM | Howells's "The Rise of Silas __" |
| HOWELLS | "The Rise of Silas Lapham" author |
| RUSSIANREVOLUTION | Conflict that heralded the end of the Tsars and the rise of the Soviet Union (7,10) |
| ELIOT | Pen name of the author of Silas Marner (5) |
| GEORGEELIOT | Pen name of the female author of "Silas Marner" |
| INDUSTRIAL | - Revolution; period of development characterised by the rise of steam power and mass production of goods that saw protests by the Luddites (10) |
| TRAN | Actress Kelly Marie of the "The Last Jedi" and "The Rise of Skywalker" |
| SPRING | A fountainhead; the rise of the sea to its extreme height; or, a beginning, birth, dawn or freshest time, hence the vernal season of growth, when buds and plants bloom and burst forth (6) |
| WELLS | Author, "H G", who wrote about the rise of machines in his iconic novel The War of the Worlds (5) |
| MCNEILL | Historian William H. ___, author of "The Rise of the West" |
| BAH | The favorite expression of silas marner |
| TOILETELIOT | "The ___" (bathroom edition of Silas Marner, etc.?) |
| NEESON | Liam, the voice of Qui-gon Jinn in The Rise Of Skywalker (6) |
| OSCARISAAC | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker actor whose surname is a person in the book of Genesis: 2 wds. |
| DEVONIAN | Known as the "Age of Fishes," this period was also known for the rise of forests on land. |
| ISIS | 2017 documentary, Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of - (4) |
| ARI | Actress Graynor of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty |
| REY | Character who says the last word ("Skywalker") of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker |
| ROMANESQUE | Architectural style from the mid11th Century to the rise of Gothic in the 13th Century (10) |
| CAHAN | Abraham, author of The Rise of David Levinsky (5) |
