| EMMA | Protagonist of an 1815 novel |
| EMMAWOODHOUSE | Titular protagonist of an 1815 Jane Austen novel, described as 'handsome, clever and rich' (4,9) |
| ELBA | Site of an 1815 escape |
| WATERLOO | Belgian site of an 1815 battle |
| HESTERPRYNNE | Puritan protagonist of an 1850 novel |
| SAWYER | Protagonist of an 1876 novel |
| PENNYPROUD | Protagonist of an upcoming animated Disney+ reboot |
| JOSEPH | Protagonist of an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical |
| CYRANO | Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play |
| GUYMANNERING | 1815 novel by Sir Walter Scott subtitled The Astrologer |
| THEDEVILSELIXIRS | 1815 novel by E T A Hoffmann |
| ELIXIRS | 1815 novel by E T A Hoffmann (3,6,7) |
| THEDEVILS | And 15 1815 novel by E T A Hoffmann (3,6,7) |
| ISABELLA | Elder sister of the titular protagonist of Jane Austen's Emma (1815) (8) |
| CONFETTI | This word is an Italian plural form meaning "sweetmeat." That word comes from a variety of Latin derivations of a word meaning "to prepare." First known use in English: 1815. It refers to small bits o |
| LOVELACE | Countess of --, 1815-52, daughter of Lord Byron (8) |
| VIENNA | Site of a congress (1814-1815) held to establish post-Napoleonic terms of peace in Europe (6) |
| IRONDUKE | Nickname of Arthur Wellesley, military and political figure who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 (4,4) |
| NAPOLEONIC | ____ Wars, set of conflicts between France and other powers ending in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 (10) |
| GEORGE | English mathematician (1815-64) whose eponymous form of algebra was fundamental to the development of modern computer circuits (6,5) |