| MARYBARTON | Romany wry about Simpson in Victorian novel (4,6) |
| LORNADOONE | Archaic forgotten activity one observed in Victorian novel |
| FLOSS | Silk flower in Victorian novel |
| SCHEME | Plot and start of chapter in Victorian novel given by this writer |
| ERIC | Fine boy in Victorian novel |
| CARTWRIGHT | Nancy, U.S. actress who voices Bart Simpson in The Simpsons (10) |
| PETULENGRO | Jasper ?, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro (10) |
| SPYGLASSES | Return of short Romany girls ___ good lookers? (10) |
| SWORDSTICK | What was sometimes carried for protection in Victorian England? (10) |
| ASPIDISTRA | Able to withstand harsh conditions in Victorian homes, what was the most popular houseplant of the time? (10) |
| FTS | 'McMurray' in AB and 'Simpson' in NWT |
| NORTHANDSOUTH | Victorian novel delivered by mouth in 26 (5,3,5) |
| ASHEN | Pale article about Victorian novel (5) |
| OURMUTUALFRIEND | Victorian novel in which Spooner solicits orange healer? (3,6,6) |
| TWIST | Don't stick a hero in a Victorian novel (5) |
| PAULANKA | He was a teen singing icon in the 50s and 60s, wrote the lyrics for Sinatra's My Way and sang a duet with Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons episode, Treehouse of Horror VI (4,4) |
| TROJANWAR | Kind of warrant restraining Simpson in conflict (6,3) |
| DANCASTELLANETA | Actor who voices Homer Simpson in The Simpsons (3,12) |
| EVEBEST | Actress who portrayed Wallis Simpson in 2010 biopic The King's Speech |
| WALLIS | Simpson in a scandal |
