| MARCH | Surname of the four sisters in Louisa M Alcott's novel Little Women |
| JOMARCH | Second oldest of the four sisters in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women (2,5) |
| AMY | Youngest of the four March sisters in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women (3) |
| MEG | Eldest of the March sisters in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women (3) |
| BETH | The third-eldest sister of the March family in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women (4) |
| MARMEE | Name used by the four March sisters for their mother in Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women (6) |
| ASTOR | Mary, one of the 4 sisters in 1944's Meet Me in St. Louis. |
| MEGMARCH | Oldest of the four sisters making up Louisa May Alcott's Little Women (1868) |
| LITTLEMEN | 1871 sequel to Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women (6,3) |
| BETHMARCH | Character in Louisa M Alcott novel Little Women played on screen by Claire Danes and Jean Parker |
| ALCOTT | American who had four sisters in family in rural cottage (6) |
| PEVENSIE | Surname of the four siblings whose story is told in The Chronicles Of Narnia by C. S. Lewis (8) |
| JOSBOYS | Final book in Louisa May Alcott's famous Little Women trilogy, shifting its focus from the March sisters to the students of Plumfield (3,4) |
| HAGEN | Surname of the four Austrian siblings (Lukas, Angelika, Veronika and Clemens) who formed a string quartet in 1981 |
| WOMEN | Louisa May Alcott's novel, Little ... |
| VALLI | Surname of the Four Seasons singer Frankie (5) |
| JOS | ___ Boys (the final book in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women series) |
| MAY | Louisa _ Alcott US novelist who wrote the 1868 novel Little Women (3) |
| LITTLEWOMEN | Louisa May Alcott novel about four sisters (6,5) |
| FUNRUNS | Oddly four sisters keep right in amateur races (3,4) |