| BALLADOF | The -, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| PECKHAMRYE | The -, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| THEMAGICROUNDABOUT | 1965-77 BBC TV children's programme that featured characters Zebedee and Dougal |
| SLENDERMEANS | The Girls of ____ is a Muriel Spark novel about hard times in Kensington in 1945 |
| PECKHAM | The Ballad of ___ Rye, Muriel Spark novel (7) |
| RYE | The Ballad of Peckham_, Muriel Spark novel (3) |
| PRIMEOFMISSJEANBRODIE | Muriel Spark novel, with "The" |
| MEMENTOMORI | 1959 Muriel Spark novel telling of sinister telephone calls to elderly people (7,4) |
| AFAR | ___ Cry from Kensington, Muriel Spark novel (1,3) |
| MORI | "Memento ___" (Muriel Spark novel) |
| WILDASSSSKIN | "The ... ... ...", Honore de Balzac novel whose central character is Raphael (4,4,4) |
| BLUEAFTERNOON | "The ... ...", William Boyd novel whose central character is Kay Fischer (4,9) |
| FERMATA | "The ___", Nicholson Baker novel whose central character is Arno Strine (7) |
| SPIRE | "The ...", William Golding novel whose central character is Jocelin (5) |
| CALLOFTHEWILD | The _ _ _ _:Jack London novel whose central character is a sled dog called Buck (4,2,3,4) |
| SATURDAY | Ian McEwan novel whose central character is Henry Perowne (8) |
| ENGLISHMAN | Kingsley Amis novel whose central character is Roger Micheldene (3,3,10) |
| ONEFAT | Kingsley Amis novel whose central character is Roger Micheldene (3,3,10) |
| THEMAGIC | and 16 Thomas Mann novel whose central character is Hans Castorp (3,5,8) |
| CHOCKY | 1968 John Wyndham novel whose central character is Matthew Gore (6) |