| THENEWCOMES | Novel by William Thackeray featuring the character Jack Belsize (3,8) |
| BARRYLYNDON | 'The Luck of ---', 1844 novel by William Thackeray (5,6) |
| VANITYFAIR | 1848 novel by William Thackeray subtitled A Novel without a Hero |
| RODNEYMARINER | Retired rabbi of the Belsize Square synagogue (6,7) |
| ZERO | Nothing found in Belsize Road (4) |
| FAIR | Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray featuring the character Becky Sharp (6,4) |
| VANITY | Novel by William Makepeace Thackeray featuring the character Becky Sharp (6,4) |
| PICTURECARD | Film character, Jack perhaps? |
| DONKEY | Smallest member of the horse family, once referred to by William Thackeray as a "cardophagus" (6) |
| TOMCLANCY | Author whose novel Patriot Games introduced the character Jack Ryan |
| AMELIA | Wife of George Osborne in the William Thackeray novel Vanity Fair (6,6) |
| SPRAT | A small herring-like brisling; the character "Jack", who could eat no fat; or, with "weather", the dark days of November and December (5) |
| ARTFULDODGER | Nickname of the character Jack Dawkins in Dickens's Oliver Twist (6,6) |
| DODGER | Artful _, nickname of the character Jack Dawkins in Dickens's Oliver Twist (6) |
| LUCKOF | The ?, William Thackeray novel first published in serial form in 1844 (4,2,5,6) |
| HENRYESMOND | The History Of --- ---, 1852 novel by William Makepeace Thackeray (5,6) |
| MAKEPEACE | The middle name of novelist William Thackeray |
| CALCUTTA | Birthplace of William Thackeray and Satyajit Ray |
| OFPENDENNIS | see 1ac, 1850 William Makepeace Thackeray novel whose characters include Emily Fotheringay and Captain Costigan |
| NIGHTMARE | The ___ Before Christmas; Tim Burton film about character Jack Skellington (9) |
