| GERMINAL | The thirteenth novel in Emile Zola's twenty-volume series Les Rougon-Macquart, often considered his masterpiece |
| EASTOFEDEN | 1952 novel which John Steinbeck considered his best work (4,2,4) |
| FINLANDIA | Tone poem by composer Jean Sibelius, considered his country's unofficial national anthem (9) |
| OED | Twenty-volume UK reference |
| NANA | 1880 novel by Emile Zola, the ninth instalment in the 20-volume Les Rougon-Macquart series |
| ZOLA | Emile -; French author of the cycle of 20 novels collectively entitled Les Rougon-Macquart (4) |
| EMILEZOLA | French writer of the series of 20 novels Les Rougon-Macquart (5,4) |
| LAURENT | TherAA¨se's lover in Emile Zola's TherAA¨se Raquin (7) |
| BARSET | Trollope's fictional English county, in the title of the final novel in a six-volume series |
| ROUSSEAU | French thinker who published his ideas on education in "Emile" and put his five children in a foundling hospital |
| POWELL | Anthony, author of the twelve-volume series of novels A Dance to the Music of Time (6) |
| PRINCEOFWALES | Since the thirteenth century, what is the title granted to the heir apparent of the British crown? (6,2,5) |
| EMCEE | Give the thirteenth letter, and the third, to the Master of Ceremonies (5) |
| NUS | More than one of the thirteenth letter in the Greek alphabet (3) |
| FAURE | Felix ---, president of France 1895-99, recipient of Emile Zola's famous open letter J'Accuse...! (5) |
| LOEB | ___ Classical Library, 500+ volume series begun in 1911 |
| BOOKI | First in a multi-volume series |
| END | The 21,728th page of 1989's 20-volume Oxford English Dictionary |
| OFTIME | 12 volume series of novels by Anthony Powell (1,5,2,3,5,2,4) |
| THEMUSIC | 12 volume series of novels by Anthony Powell (1,5,2,3,5,2,4) |
