| YEMASSEE | The -, 1835 novel by William Gilmore Simms subtitled A Romance of Carolina (8) |
| BALZAC | French author of the 1835 novel Le Pere Goriot (6) |
| THEYEMASSEE | 1835 novel by William Gilmore Simms (3,8) |
| FLATLAND | Novella by Edwin A Abbott subtitled A Romance of Many Dimensions (8) |
| RUINS | see 22ac, 1953 novel by Evelyn Waugh subtitled A Romance of the Near Future |
| LOVEAMONGTHE | 1953 novel by Evelyn Waugh subtitled A Romance of the Near Future (4,5,3,5) |
| SAMTYLER | He was John Simm's character in Life On Mars (3,5) |
| LORNADOONE | Novel by R D Blackmore subtitled A Romance of Exmoor |
| LORNA | and 51ac, Eponymous heroine of R D Blackmore's novel subtitled A Romance of Exmoor |
| DOONE | see 53ac, Eponymous heroine of R D Blackmore's novel subtitled A Romance of Exmoor |
| THELILYOF | 1835 novel by Honore de Balzac (3,4,2,3,6) |
| PRINCEOTTO | 1883 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson subtitled A Romance (6,4) |
| PEPPERGROUP | Club connected by a deep enjoyment of Carolina Reapers? |
| MARRYME | John Updike novel subtitled A Romance |
| CALIFORNIA | The state of Carolina if reformed (10) |
| LANDOCALRISSIAN | Sci-fi character whose name is an anagram of CAROLINA ISLANDS |
| ESTATES | Ranks Virginia, Georgia and a couple of Carolinas, for example (7) |
| ROMO | Successor of Simms in the NFL broadcast booth |
| TYLER | Sam _, the name of John Simm's Life on Mars character (5) |
| SIMMS | Southern writer William Gilmore ___ |
