| FOGG | Phileas, hero of Around the World in Eighty Days, 1872 novel by French author Jules Verne (4) |
| EIGHTY | Around the World in ____ Days, adventure novel by French author Jules Verne (6) |
| AMIENS | Northern French city where author Jules Verne lived for his last 34 years (6) |
| VERNE | French author Jules |
| ERIK | Name of the phantom in a gothic novel by French author Gaston Leroux (4) |
| SASH | What is a piece of material worn over the shoulder of around the waist (4) |
| FANU | Author of the 1872 novel In A Glass Darkly, Sheridan Le _ (4) |
| WHAT | 1872 novel by Susan Coolidge (4,4,3) |
| TREE | Under the Greenwood ___, 1872 novel by Thomas Hardy (4) |
| SKER | 'The ---', 1872 novel by R.D. Blackmore (4) |
| ASIA | Setting for nearly half of Around the World ... |
| PHILEASFOGG | Hero of Jules Verne's 1872 novel Around the World in Eighty Days (7,4) |
| ESPN | Network whose final episode of "Around the Horn" aired on May 23, 2025 |
| KLEE | Swiss painter of "Around the Fish" |
| RIVERKWAI | Waterway in the title of a 1952 war novel by French author Pierre Boulle (5,4) |
| JULES | Mr. Verne, author of Around the World in Eighty Days (5) |
| GARGANTUA | Titular giant of a 1534 novel by French author Francois Rabelais; the father of Pantagruel (9) |
| OPERA | The Phantom Of The _, novel by French author, Gaston Leroux (5) |
| DARTAGNAN | Young protagonist in The Three Musketeers, adventure novel by French author Alexandre Dumas (9) |
| LESMISERABLES | 1862 historical novel by French author Victor Hugo banned by the Catholic church until 1959 (3,10) |
