| MANETTE | Lucie in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| PROSS | Miss ___, Lucie Manette's governess in A Tale of Two Cities (5) |
| DEFARGE | Madame --, wife of Ernest in 'A Tale of Two Cities' (7) |
| OUTCOME | In Paris where leading characters in A Tale of Two Cities, for instance, produced result (7) |
| MADAMEDEFARGE | French revolutionary in A Tale of Two Cities (6,7) |
| CARTON | Container featured in A Tale of Two Cities (6) |
| LUCIE | ___ Manette, woman in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| LUCIEMANETTE | In A Tale of Two Cities, ____ marries Charles Darnay |
| BESTOFTIMES | Charles Dickens's opening in A Tale of Two Cities; It was the... (4,2,5) |
| DARN | Carton's counterpart in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| DOROTHYTUTIN | Actress who played Lucie, opposite Dirk Bogarde, in the 1958 film A Tale of Two Cities |
| PEEVISH | "I am determined to be ____ after my long day's botheration" (Mr Lorry in A Tale of Two Cities) |
| TWEETY | Animated yellow canary seen in Looney Tunes who first appeared in A Tale of Two Kitties |
| PIPER | The Pied ___ of Hamelin, the main character in a tale of a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away |
| STY | No alternative in a tale of a filthy place (3) |
| GOLDILOCKS | Human in a tale of anthropomorphic bears |
| PRE | East Coast setting in A Tale of Acadie , Grand-___ |
| EPIC | Some keep iconic heroes in a tale of adventure |
| SWORDOFDAMOCLES | Weapon used in a tale of suspense? (5,2,8) |
| DICKENS | A signed copy of this author's A Tale of Two Cities would set you back a cool £275,000 in 2014 |