| TRAGICMUSE | The ?, 1890 novel by Henry James |
| SIGNOFFOUR | The ?, 1890 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes (4,2,4) |
| LABORATORY | The -, 1890 novel by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes (4,2,4) |
| TALE | The ___, 1890 novel by George Meredith subtitled An Episode in the History of Beau Beamish (4,2,5) |
| THEPICTUREOFDORIANGRAY | 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde featuring the character Basil Hallward |
| THEPICTURE | 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde featuring the character Basil Hallward (3,7,2,6,4) |
| OFDORIANGRAY | 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde featuring the character Basil Hallward (3,7,2,6,4) |
| HUNGER | 1890 novel by Knut Hamsun (6) |
| AMAN | 1890 novel by Anthony Hope (1,3,2,4) |
| OFMARK | 1890 novel by Anthony Hope (1,3,2,4) |
| GOLDENBOUGH | 'The ------ ', 1890 work by the Scottish anthropologist Sir James George Frazer subtitled A Study In Magic And Religion (6,5) |
| QUEENOFSPADES | "The ...... ...", 1890 Tchaikovsky opera based on a novel by Pushkin (5,2,6) |
| EUROPEANS | 'The ---', 1979 film by James Ivory based on a novel by Henry James (9) |
| FOUR | 'The ---', 1890 story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Holmes and Watson (4,2,4) |
| SIGNOF | 'The ---', 1890 story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Holmes and Watson (4,2,4) |
| MASCAGNI | Composer of the 1890 1-act opera Cavalleria rusticana (8) |
| TRUST | Target of the 1890 Sherman Act |
| DORIANGRAY | Narcissistic title character created by Oscar Wilde in an 1890 novel (6,4) |
| AWKWARDAGE | "The ... ...", novel by Henry James featuring the character Tishy Grendon (7,3) |
| PORTRAIT | The - of a Lady; novel by Henry James, adapted into a film by Jane Campion (8) |
