| HESTER | Prynne of "The Scarlet Letter" |
| ADULTERER | Hester Prynne of 'The Scarlet Letter,' e.g. |
| GISH | Star of the 1926 version of "The Scarlet Letter" |
| ADULTERY | Focus of "The Scarlet Letter" |
| DEMI | Moore of 'The Scarlet Letter' |
| NATHANIEL | ____ Hawthorne, author of The Scarlet Letter |
| HAWTHORNE | Nathaniel _, American author of The Scarlet Letter (9) |
| PRYNNE | Hester of "The Scarlet Letter" |
| EASYA | 2010 Emma Stone reimagining of The Scarlet Letter (4,1) |
| FUMITORY | From the Latin meaning "smoke of the earth", arable plant with seeds eaten by the turtle dove with those of the scarlet pimpernel, clover, birdsfoot trefoil and chickweed (8) |
| NERDSPLAINS | Goes into extreme detail about the backstory of the Scarlet Witch, say |
| BARONESSES | -- Orczy: author of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" et.al. |
| ORCZY | Baroness ---, author of The Scarlet Pimpernel (5) |
| RED | Color of the Scarlet Witch's magic |
| MASSEY | Star of "The Scarlet Pimpernel" |
| RUTGERS | Home of the Scarlet Knights |
| BLAKENEY | Surname of the Scarlet Pimpernel (8) |
| SCARLET | "The ___", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) |
| SCARLETLETTER | The ____, Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel about the adulteress Hester Prynne |
| LETTER | "The ---", Nathaniel Hawthorne novel featuring the character Hester Prynne (7,6) (see 11D) |
