| HESTERPRYNNE | Protagonist of the Nathaniel Hawthorne novel The Scarlet Letter (6,6) |
| SCARLET | "The ---", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) (see 15D) |
| LETTER | "The ---", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) (see 11D) |
| SCARLETLETTER | The -, Nathaniel Hawthorne novel about a disgraced woman (7,6) |
| HAWTHORNE | Nathaniel, author of the novel The Scarlet Letter (9) |
| NATHANIEL | Author of the 1850 novel The Scarlet Letter, _ Hawthorne (9) |
| THESCARLETLETTER | Nathaniel Hawthorne novel (3,7,6) |
| ORCZY | Baroness ---, author of the novel The Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| REDA | Colored letter in a Hawthorne novel |
| LETTERA | Scarlet stigma in a Hawthorne novel |
| MARBLE | The ___, 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (6,4) |
| MARBLEFAUN | The ___, 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (6,4) |
| FAUN | The -, 1860 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (6,4) |
| HEATHROW | Noodlehead left Hawthorne novel in airport (8) |
| TIMEFLIESOVERUS | Start of a quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| FANSHAWE | 1828 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (8) |
| EGOTISM | Nathaniel Hawthorne story subtitled "The Bosom-Serpent" |
| THESCARLET | 1850 novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne (3,7,6) |
| THEMARBLEFAUN | Hawthorne novel |
| SALEM | Birthplace of Nathaniel Hawthorne |
