| EDWARDIANA | Teddy in a novel and a set of old articles |
| TARKA | An otter featured in a novel and a film |
| MYEYE | Mark a couple of old articles for rubbish! (2, 3) |
| CORRIDORSOFPOWER | "The ____" was a political cliché coined by CP Snow in a novel, and the title of a later one |
| SILVERSERVICE | Cutlery and a set of plates one may have at a banquet (6,7) |
| RANGE | Cooking stove and a set of burners on the top surface |
| CHAOTIC | A set of old books with smart binding badly arranged (7) |
| EDDA | English divine given a set of Old N orse poems |
| BERYL | Woman to live like a Queen, disposing of old article (5) |
| SHUTEYE | Rest of old article under Australian writer's name |
| KWAI | River in the title of a 1952 novel and a 1957 film (4) |
| UNSHEATHE | Draw out a French novel and a couple of articles |
| WRINKLEINTIME | With "A," classic science fantasy novel, and a feature of the theme answers |
| ONTHEBEACH | 1957 novel, and a hint to the ends of 17-, 27- and |
| THEDESPERATEHOURS | 1955 William Wyler film starring Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March, based on a novel and play of the same name by Joseph Hayes |
| TANACH | Flog a church set of Old Testament books (6) |
| THINGSFALLAPART | Classic 1958 Chinua Achebe novel ... and a hint what literally happens in 17-, 24-, 50- and 61-Acros |
| ONTHEROAD | Kerouac novel, and a hint to the four starred women in this puzzle |
| FIRESTARTER | Name shared by a Stephen King novel and a single by The Prodigy (11) |
| EARRING | Girl with a Pearl -; Johannes Vermeer's painting that inspired a novel and film (7) |
