| THECHIMES | Second in a series of five Christmas books by Charles Dickens |
| BATTKEOFLIFE | The ___: A Love Story; the fourth in order of the five Christmas books by Charles Dickens (6,2,4) |
| THEBATTLEOFLIFE | Novella by Charles Dickens, one of his five "Christmas Books" (3,6,2,4) |
| HARDYANNUALS | Christmas books by classic author describing flowers |
| PHIZ | Pen name of the artist who illustrated books by Charles Dickens, or "Boz" (4) |
| BROWNE | Hablot Knight -; artist known as Phiz who illustrated books by Charles Dickens (6) |
| CAROL | 'A Christmas ---', book by Charles Dickens (5) |
| CHIMES | The ___, 1844 Christmas book by Charles Dickens featuring the character Toby Veck (6) |
| MAN | "The ... ...", 1848 Christmas book by Charles Dickens (7,3) |
| HAUNTED | "The ... ...", 1848 Christmas book by Charles Dickens (7,3) |
| SNOW | The Hunters in the -; winter scene in a series of five extant paintings depicting the months/seasons including The Gloomy Day and The Hay Harvest by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (4) |
| BETA | Greek letter denoting a trial version of a product, or the second in a series (4) |
| BORROWERS | Titular tiny people of a series of five children's novels (1952-82) by English author Mary Norton (9) |
| CONANOBRIEN | Fifth in a series of five TV personalities (starting June 1, 2009) |
| TERRIFIC | Second in a series of Web postings |
| ZAG | Second in a series of sharp turns |
| SEQUELS | Films or books that are the second in a series (7) |
| EVERYOTHER | Each second in a series (5,5) |
| AMAS | Second in a series |
| BOOKII | Second in a series, maybe |
