| GERMINAL | Seventh month of the French Revolutionary Calendar, or a novel by Emile Zola (8) |
| NANA | A novel by Emile Zola, first published in 1880 |
| DATE | Square on a wall calendar, or a fun thing you might put on the calendar |
| SAPLINGS | Greyhounds in their first year; young trees; or, a novel by the author of Ballet Shoes, Noel Streatfeild (8) |
| THIRDMAN | The ___, fielding position - or a novel by Graham Greene (5,3) |
| AQUALUNG | Another name for the underwater-breathing scuba equipment developed and used by Emile Gagnan and Jac |
| ULYSSES | A poem by Tennyson, a play by Phillips or a novel by Joyce? (7) |
| MYSTERY | From the Greek for "close the eyes", an ancient secret ceremony witnessed only by the initiated; an old word for a craft or a trade guild; an enigmatic person or thing; or, a novel, play etc based on |
| TISHRI | During the seventh month of the Jewish calendar, five rabbis left the synagogue on the outskirts of Redruth -- it was extraordinary! (6) |
| NISAN | Seventh month of the civil and first of the religious year in the Jewish calendar |
| THERESE | 1867 novel by Emile Zola (7,6) |
| RAQUIN | 1867 novel by Emile Zola (7,6) |
| THERESERAQUIN | 1867 novel by Emile Zola (7,6) |
| FERAT | 1868 novel by Emile Zola (5) |
| MADELEINE | 1868 novel by Emile Zola (9) |
| SCORE | Music composed for a film or play; sum of 20; or, a novel by Jilly Cooper (5) |
| GLEN | The Monarch of the -; oil painting by Sir Edwin Landseer; or, a novel by Compton Mackenzie (4) |
| CLOCKWORK | Inner workings of a device studied in horology; or, a novel by Philip Pullman (9) |
| JULY | Seventh month of the year in the Gregorian calendar (4) |
| ANOMIE | State or condition originally described by Emile Durkheim, characterised by hopelessness in society as a result of lack of structure or an absence of norms (6) |
