| LITTLEWOMEN | Louisa Alcott's 1869 classic novel about four New England sisters (6,5) |
| CREATIVE | Make about four new and original (8) |
| OUT | Natsuo Kirino crime novel about four women on the fringes of society |
| BUTTERFLYSOUP | 2017 visual novel about four queer Asian American girls shedding their metaphorical cocoons |
| RULERS | Author of a classic novel about treasure hunters: Abbr. |
| SEWELL | Author who wrote the classic novel about Black Beauty (6) |
| RLS | Author of a classic novel about treasure hunters: Abbr. |
| ANNEOFG | Classic novel about an orphan girl mistakenly sent to Prince Edward Island |
| LIFE | Vasily Grossman's classic novel about both 14/12/18? (4,3,4) |
| FATE | Vasily Grossman's classic novel about both 14/12/18? (4,3,4) |
| CRIME | Dostoevsky's classic novel about the dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov (5,3,10) |
| ANDPUNISHMENT | Dostoevsky's classic novel about the dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov (5,3,10) |
| AND | Vasily Grossman's classic novel about both 14/12/18? (4,3,4) |
| WAR | Tolstoy's classic novel about the Napoleonic wars (3,3,5) |
| PEACE | Tolstoy's classic novel about the Napoleonic wars (3,3,5) |
| HEIDI | Classic novel about an orphaned Swiss girl (5) |
| ONTHEROAD | Classic novel about the travels of Sal Paradise |
| EVANGEL | Any of the four New Testament gospels (7) |
| GOSPEL | One of four New Testament books (6) |
| OURFATHER | Prayer gives the worried four new heart |
