| DOOLEY | The Legend of Tom ___" |
| SAWYER | "The Adventures of Tom ___" (Mark Twain book) |
| JOAD | Bruce Springsteen "The Ghost of Tom ___" |
| THWACKUM | Tutor of Tom Jones in the Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones (8) |
| BEATRIXPOTTER | Writer of the children's story, "The Tale of Tom Kitten": 2 wds. |
| MARKTWAIN | Author of the novel 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' (4,5) |
| HUCKLEBERRYFINN | Protagonist and narrator of the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| SOPHIAWESTERN | Heroine, and eventual wife of the title character, in Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) |
| AEHOUSMAN | Poet who's the subject of Tom Stoppard's "The Invention of Love" |
| BECKYTHATCHER | Love interest of the title character in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) (5,8) |
| TWAIN | Author of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' (5) |
| BECKY | Tom's love in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" |
| MARK | _ Twain, author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (4) |
| SOPHIA | Heroine of 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6,7) |
| WESTERN | Sophia, character in the Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones (7) |
| BLIFIL | Nephew of Squire Allworthy in 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6) |
| HUCKLEBERRY | Adventures of ___ Finn satirical novel written by Mark Twain which is a direct sequel to the Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
| GEORGEARTHUR | Roommate of Tom Brown in the novel Tom Brown's Schooldays (6,6) |
| FURPHY | Joseph ?, Australian author of novel Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins, published in 1903 |
| TULLIVER | Surname of Tom and Maggie in George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss (8) |
