| JUDE | Novel, - the Obscure (4) |
| DONN | Arabella, character in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude the Obscure (4) |
| ETHE | The answer is easily found in Jude The Obscure by Thomas Hardy (4) |
| HARDY | Dorset's celebrated literary figure who used the names Shaston or Palladour to describe the Saxon hilltop town Shaftesbury in the fictional Wessex of his novels Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbe |
| SUE | And 11 Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| BRIDEHEAD | Cousin and lover of Jude Fawley in the Thomas Hardy novel Jude The Obscure (3,9) |
| DEJAVU | A lesser figure in Jude the Obscure - have you read this somewhere before? (4,2) |
| THOMASHARDY | British novelist and poet whose works include Far from the Madding Crowd and Jude the Obscure (6,5) |
| SUEBRIDEHEAD | Love interest of Jude Fawley in Thomas Hardy's novel Jude the Obscure |
| THOMAS | Acclaimed English poet and author who penned The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure (6, 5) |
| STONEMASON | Title character's trade in "Jude the Obscure" |
| CRAWL | Credit the obscure law for slow movement (5) |
| ENO | Musician who started the Obscure Records label |
| THEINVISIBLEMAN | Wells sequel to "Jude the Obscure"? |
| JEUDESPRIT | Wit shown in Jude the Obscure by priest, surprisingly |
| TRAITS | It is in the obscure arts that one sees distinguishing features (6) |
| URAL | This obscure rapeseed cultivar is also a mountain range is in the West Russian Federation, extending north and south from the Arctic Ocean (4) |
| BLUR | The majority of what's on the dust jacket is obscure (4) |
| LUIS | Avant-garde Spanish director Oscar-nominated for The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1973) and That Obscure Object of Desire (1978) (4,6) |
| FOGG | Obscure-sounding round-the-world traveller (4) |
