| PECKHAM | The Ballad of ___ Rye, Muriel Spark novel (7) |
| READING | The Ballad of ___ Gaol: poem written by Oscar Wilde after serving a two-year prison sentence (7) |
| RYE | The Ballad of Peckham ___, Muriel Spark novel |
| SLENDER | 'The Girls of --Means', novel by Muriel Spark (7) |
| BALLADOF | The ?, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| SLENDERMEANS | The Girls of ____ is a Muriel Spark novel about hard times in Kensington in 1945 |
| MEMENTOMORI | 1959 Muriel Spark novel telling of sinister telephone calls to elderly people (7,4) |
| PECKHAMRYE | The -, 1960 Muriel Spark novel whose central character is Dougal Douglas (6,2,7,3) |
| PRIMEOFMISSJEANBRODIE | Muriel Spark novel, with "The" |
| ATFIRST | Nicholas Sparks novel, ... Sight (2,5) |
| DRIVERS | 'The --- Seat', novel by Muriel Spark (7) |
| AFAR | ___ Cry from Kensington, Muriel Spark novel (1,3) |
| DISTURB | 1971 novel by Muriel Spark (3,2,7) |
| MEMENTO | '--- Mori', novel by Muriel Spark (7) |
| PROBLEM | 1984 novel by Muriel Spark (3,4,7) |
| THEONLY | 1984 novel by Muriel Spark (3,4,7) |
| MORI | "Memento ___" (Muriel Spark novel) |
| THEEAST | 1973 novel by Muriel Spark (3,8,2,3,4,5) |
| BILBO | "The Ballad of ___ Baggins" (Lord of the Rings-themed song by, weirdly, Leonard Nimoy) |
| READINGGAOL | The Ballad Of _ _, poem by Oscar Wilde (7,4) |
