| THEFORSYTESAGA | Its novels are The Man of Property, In Chancery and To Let |
| LAIRD | Man of property in punctual air departure (5) |
| WHIMWHAM | From reduplication and "to let the eyes wander", a word for a trinket; a ridiculous notion; an odd device; a sudden fancy or caprice; or, an 18th-century version of a trifle (4-4) |
| FORSYTESAGA | The Man of Property is the first of three novels in The ____ |
| GREATSEAL | - - of the Realm; Queen's official stamp obsignated at the office of the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery (5,4) |
| ADA | - Clare, one of the two wards in Chancery, in Dickens's Bleak House (3) |
| HIS | Pronoun used about ?The Man of Property" (3) |
| CHICANERY | One seen in Chancery ruined by sharp practice (9) |
| NULLITY | Invalid act taken up in chancery till undone |
| VAULTS | London Silver ---, subterranean market in Chancery Lane (6) |
| BOOKSHOPS | They sell the dead presumably? It's novel to the markets! (9) |
| NEWEL | In staircase design, it's novel to the Spanish |
| WIEBE | His novels are set on the Prairies and among Mennonites |
| BOTSWANA | Country in which the Precious Ramotswe detective novels are set (8) |
| SCOURS | Scottish leaders make claim of property in searches (6) |
| ASSET | Piece of property in Malta's settled (5) |
| REALESTATEAGENT | Genuine seller of property in America (4,6,5) |
| HANAPER | Lady grabbing forty winks in Chancery (7) |
| ADVOCATES | Aberdeen solicitors do caveats in chancery |
| ELOINER | Remover of property, in law |