| EGOTISM | Nathaniel Hawthorne story subtitled "The Bosom-Serpent" |
| THEMARBLEFAUN | 1860 Nathaniel Hawthorne story set in Rome (3,6,4) |
| YENTL | Story subtitled "The Yeshiva Boy" |
| HISLASTBOW | Conan Doyle story subtitled, 'The War Service of Sherlock Holmes' (3,4,3) |
| THEGREATSTONEFACE | Hawthorne story |
| SAMITE | "The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering ____, held aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water" (Monty Python and the Holy Grail) |
| MODESTY | The quality of being unassuming in the estimation of one's abilities or accomplishments; pudency; or, a panel, piece or veil for covering the bosom or decolletage (7) |
| NEMO | "Live in the bosom of the waters!" speaker |
| INGREMIOLEGIS | Legally fundamental, lit. in the bosom of the law |
| CHASTEST | Sat uneasily in the bosom of the most virginal (8) |
| THEFRYERSTALE | Story subtitled "Murder Most Fowl"? |
| JANET | Catch sailor in the bosom of mythical Greek singer (5,7) |
| AMISH | Community in the bosom of Abraham is holy (5) |
| CHESTOFDRAWERS | Dresser in the bosom of artists? (5,2,7) |
| GREMIAL | Make me a girl of the bosom (7) |
| NESTLED | The bosom went first as one scurried around (7) |
| CHESTOF | Dresser for the bosom of artists? (5,2,7) |
| DRAWERS | Dresser for the bosom of artists? (5,2,7) |
| RESTETH | "... for anger ___ in the bosom of fools": Eccl. 7:9 |
| SCARLET | "The ___", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) |
