| THEBATTLEOFLIFE | Novella by Charles Dickens, one of his five "Christmas Books" (3,6,2,4) |
| THECHIMES | Second in a series of five Christmas books by Charles Dickens |
| BATTKEOFLIFE | The ___: A Love Story; the fourth in order of the five Christmas books by Charles Dickens (6,2,4) |
| STONE | Ruby? JFK was one of his (5) |
| ELLEN | ... it could be one of his (5) |
| ACHRISTMASCAROL | 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
| CHRISTMASCAROL | A ___; novella by Charles Dickens, divided into five staves (9,5) |
| HEARTH | Christmas novella by Charles Dickens, The Cricket On The - - - (6) |
| CAROL | A Christmas ___ 1843 novella by Charles Dickens whose plot takes place over a single day |
| CRICKETONTHEHEARTH | The ___; novella by Charles Dickens originally illustrated by artists including Edwin Landseer and Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (7,2,3,6) |
| ACHRISTMAS | 1843 novella by Charles Dickens (1,9,5) |
| HANKS | Winner in two of his five Best Actor nominations |
| DOYLE | Artist who co-illustrated three of Charles Dickens Christmas books including The Chimes (5) |
| DARWIN | Naturalist whose findings collected on his five-year Beagle voyage formed the basis of his theory of evolution by natural selection (6) |
| SELLA | Philippe, French rugby union centre who scored a try in each of his Five Nations matches in 1986 (5) |
| ELGAR | Which English composer is best remembered for the first of his five Pomp and Circumstance Marches (1901) |
| PHILIPPE | & 2Dn. French rugby union centre who scored a try in each of his Five Nations matches in 1986 (8,5) |
| GEORGE | What did boxer and Olympic gold medallist George Foreman name each of his five sons? (6) |
| DYLAN | Bob Willis added this singer's name as part of his. (5) |
| GRIDS | The king disturbed Sid with those networks of his (5) |
