| NORTHANGERABBEY | Poor boy near the barn digesting start of great novel |
| SILO | It's near the barn, often |
| HOBNOB | Associate with her office boys near our building's opening (6) |
| ACORNS | Narcos' bust could be the start of great things |
| ISA | "There ... house in New Orleans; They call the Rising Sun; And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy |
| EXAGGERATED | Divorcee of advanced years carrying great novel over the top |
| INNING | Somewhere to drink at home before start of great American sports session? (6) |
| GARROTTED | At start of Great War, leaving wife, went off to be killed |
| GRIEF | Start of Great Fire that's troubled teen in times gone by |
| GADGET | After start of great advert, acquire device |
| RING | ? minus end and start of great circle ? |
| OLIVERTWIST | Charles Dickens's famous novel and its poor boy title character (6,5) |
| BIOGRAPHY | Poor boy and I hold graph of life story (9) |
| ANNAKARENINA | Leo Tolstoy's great novel of 1878, spawning numerous feature films (4,8) |
| ANAGRAM | This great novel is one of love that reigns (7) |
| GATSBY | 'The Great ---', novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald (6) |
| RICHARD | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
| THE | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
| FEVEREL | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
| ORDEALOF | First great novel of George Meredith, published in 1859 (3,6,2,7,7) |
