| LOVELACE | Robert -, villain in 1748 Samuel Richardson novel Clarissa (8) |
| HARLOWE | Surname of the heroine of the novel Clarissa, or the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson (7 |
| CLARISSA | 1748 Samuel Richardson novel subtitled The History of a Young Lady (8) |
| SMOLLETT | Tobias ___ Scottish author of novels including The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) |
| MIRACLES | 'Of _', chapter of David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) |
| PAMELA | Samuel Richardson novel subtitled "Virtue Rewarded" |
| RODERICKRANDOM | The Adventures of ___, Smollett's first novel, published in 1748 (8,6) |
| RANDOM | The Adventures of Roderick ____, novel by Tobias Smollett first published in 1748 (6) |
| POMPEII | Roman ruin unearthed in 1748 |
| CLARISSAHARLOWE | Central character of Samuel Richardson's epistolary novel of 1748 |
| TOMBOWLING | Roderick Random’s uncle in a 1748 Tobias Smollett novel |
| WADE | George ___ (1673 - 1748)Irish-born soldier who became Commander-in-chief of the Forces in 1745 (4) |
| EULER | Which Swiss mathematician wrote Introduction to the Analysis of the in finite (1748) |
| ULTIMA | 1929 volume; third part of Henry Handel Richardson novel The Fortunes of Richard Mahony (6,5) |
| SHAMELA | "An apology for the life of Mrs ___", Henry Fielding novel parodying the Samuel Richardson work Pamela (7,7) |
| ANDREWS | "An apology for the life of Mrs ... ...", Henry Fielding novel parodying the Samuel Richardson work Pamela (7,7) |
| FANNYHILL | Name by which 1748 John Cleland novel Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure is known (5,4) |
| BENTHAM | English jurist-philosopher Jeremy (1748-1832) |
| WATTS | English poet and theologian (1674-1748). |
| TOBIASSMOLLETT | Scottish author of picaresque novels including The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) |
