| ASPERNPAPERS | The ___, 1888 novel by Henry James (6,6) |
| BEKING | The Man Who Would __ ____: 1888 novel by 15 across, 18 down (2,4) |
| BEAR | The ___, 1888 one-act comedy play by Anton Chekhov (4) |
| BAT | "Casey at the ___" (1888 poem about baseball) |
| PAPERS | 'The --', 1888 novel by Henry James (6,6) |
| ASPERN | 'The --', 1888 novel by Henry James (6,6) |
| THEEUROPEANS | 1979 film by James Ivory based on a novel by Henry James (3,9) |
| THEBLACKARROW | 1888 novel by R.L Stevenson (3,5,5) |
| SHALOTT | The Lady Of ___, 1888 painting by John William Waterhouse (7) |
| WARD | Mrs Humphry -; author of the 1888 novel Robert Elsmere (4) |
| HINDI | Original language of the 1888 novel "Chandrakanta" |
| BELLAMY
| Edward, author of the 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (7) |
| EDWARDBELLAMY | Author of the 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (6,7) |
| AWKWARDAGE | "The ... ...", novel by Henry James featuring the character Tishy Grendon (7,3) |
| BELLAMY | Edward ___, author of 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (7) |
| ELIOT | T S ___ (1888 - 1965), Saint Louis-born poet who wrote The Waste Land (5) |
| PORTRAIT | The - of a Lady; novel by Henry James, adapted into a film by Jane Campion (8) |
| DOVE | The Wings of the -; novel by Henry James that was adapted into a film starring Helena Bonham Carter (4) |
| REVE | Zola's "Le ___" (1888) |
| LEADBELLY | ___ (1888 - 1949), American folk and blues singer and songwriter (4,5) |