| WOODRUFF | Surname of the protagonist Sarah in 777e French Lieutenant's Woman (8) |
| FINN | Surname of the protagonist and narrator of an 1884 Mark Twain novel (4) |
| SALESMAN | Profession of the protagonist Willy Loman in a 1949 Arthur Miller play (8) |
| REINDEER | Yearned bribe, perhaps, to get rid of the protagonist in this series (4,8) |
| PSALMIST | David, or Sarah in the afternoon, is troop-leader (8) |
| PIP | Small seed of an apple, pear or quince; any one of the spots on dice or dominoes; or, the nickname of the protagonist in Great Expectations (3) |
| BUTLER | Profession of the protagonist Stevens in Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day" |
| HANK | First name of the protagonist of the animated TV series King of the Hill |
| ARISTOS | The ___; 1964 collection of essays by The Magus and The French Lieutenants Woman author John Fowles (7) |
| IRONS | Jeremy -; actor in films including The French Lieutenant's Woman and The Misson who won an Oscar for his role in Reversal of Fortune (5) |
| FOWLES | Author of The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman (6) |
| FRODO | Cousin of Bilbo Baggins who is one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings (5) |
| COBB | The -; breakwater forming a harbour and promenade in Lyme Regis that features in Persuasion and The French Lieutenant's Woman (4) |
| ADRIAN | Forename of the protagonist in Sue Townsend's series of books beginning with the "secret diary" (6) |
| DOCTORZHIVAGO | Yuri is the first name of the protagonist in this Boris Pasternak novel |
| BABY | Yearned bribe, perhaps, to get rid of the protagonist in this series (4,8) |
| RHETT | First name of one of the protagonists in Gone with the Wind (5) |
| REGIS | Lyme -; town on the Jurassic Coast that features in John Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman (5) |
| PINTER | Harold -; dramatist who wrote The Birthday Party and The Homecoming and adapted John Fowles' novel The French Lieutenant's Woman to screen (6) |
| TECHNICALFOWLES | Reviewer on "The French Lieutenant's Woman": "It gets bogged down in excessive detail" |
