| VERISOPHT | Lord Frederick -, character in Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby killed by Sir Mulberry Hawk in a duel (9) |
| NORTH | Lord Frederick -----, 18th century PM (5) |
| SMIKE | Close friend of the title character in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| SQUEERS | Wackford, fictional headmaster in Charles Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby (7) |
| DOTHEBOYSHALL | Yorkshire school run by Wackford Squeers in the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens |
| NEWMANNOGGS | Ralph Nickleby's clerk in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (6,5) |
| URIAHHEEP | Character in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield who lives in an "umble abode" |
| WACKFORDSQUEERS | Yorkshire schoolmaster who runs "Dotheboys Hall" in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| GAMP | Sarah ___, character in Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit noted for her large umbrella (4) |
| HAROLDSKIMPOLE | Sponging character in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House supposedly based on Leigh Hunt |
| NELL | Little ____, principal character in Charles Dickens' novel The Old Curiosity Shop (4) |
| CARTON | Sydney, central character in Charles Dickens' novel A Tale Of Two Cities (6) |
| BILLSIKES | Character in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (4,5) |
| ESTELLA | Orphan raised by Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (7) |
| COPPERFIELD | Illusionist Seth Kotkin adopted his stage name David ___ from the title character in Charles Dickens' semi autobiographical novel |
| WEMMICK | John ___, clerk to Mr Jaggers and friend of Pip in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations |
| FAGIN | Head of a gang of thieves in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist (5) |
| BULLSEYE | Dog belonging to Bill Sikes in Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist (5,3) |
| EDWINDROOD | Title character in Charles Dickens' last, unfinished, novel (5,5) |
| FEZZIWIG | Mr ___, character in Charles Dickens story A Christmas Carol for whom Scrooge worked as an apprentice (8) |
