| MAKESHORTWORKOF | Quickly finish model novella by old fellow (4,5,4,2) |
| ARMAGEDDON | Weapon taken by old fellow in large-scale fighting (10) |
| COMPARATIVE | A tramp I trained, inspired by old fellow, qualified (11) |
| ACTOFMERCY | Without an introduction, it's not fiction by old fellow from charity - the type that might save you (3,2,5) |
| GOFORTHEJUGULAR | Quickly finish off pitcher's filling of regular hot liquid (2,3,3,7) |
| DOWNSTREAM | Quickly finish drink by moving arm, set towards mouth (10) |
| POLISH | Quickly finish a meal, ... off |
| POLISHOFF | Quickly finish with gloss on holiday (6,3) |
| HEARTOFDARKNESS | Novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow published in 1902 volume Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories |
| ACHRISTMASCAROL | 1843 novella by Charles Dickens |
| MYHOUSEINUMBRIA | Novella by William Trevor (2,5,2,6) |
| THEWOMANINBLACK | 1983 horror novella by Susan Hill adapted into a film in 2012 (3,5,2,5) |
| THEBATTLEOFLIFE | Novella by Charles Dickens, one of his five "Christmas Books" (3,6,2,4) |
| THEFINAL | 2004 novella by Michael Chabon2004 novella by Michael Chabon |
| SOLUTION | see 12ac, 2004 novella by Michael Chabon2004 novella by Michael Chabon |
| CARMEN | Opera by Georges Bizet based on a novella by Prosper Merimee (6) |
| GAMBLER | The ___, opera by Prokofiev based on a novella by Dostoevsky (7) |
| THESEA | The Old Man And --- ---, 1952 novella by Ernest Hemingway (3,3) |
| PSYCHO | 1959 novella by Robert Bloch, filmed the following year by Alfred Hitchcock (6) |
| CRICKETONTHEHEARTH | The ___; novella by Charles Dickens originally illustrated by artists including Edwin Landseer and Clarkson Frederick Stanfield (7,2,3,6) |
