| SQUEERS | Wackford, character in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens (7) |
| DOTHEBOYSHALL | Yorkshire school run by Wackford Squeers in the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens |
| CHEERYBLE | Charles, Ned, and Frank, characters in Nicholas Nickleby (9) |
| LOTHARIO | A rake based on a character in Nicholas Rowe's play The Fair Penitent |
| HEADMASTER | Wackford Squeers in "Nicholas Nickleby" or Henry Brocklehurst in "Jane Eyre" |
| DICKENS | Creator of the iconic characters Wackford Squeers and Uriah Heep (7) |
| NOGGS | In Nicholas Nickleby, Ralph Nickleby's clerk (6,5) |
| YEOMAN | In Nicholas Nickleby, Ralph Nickleby's clerk (6,5) |
| WACKFORDSQUEERS | Mistreater of unwanted boys in Nicholas Nickleby |
| DOTHEBOYS | School in "Nicholas Nickleby" (9,4) |
| INFANT | "The - phenomenon", name given to Ninetta Crummles in Nicholas Nickleby (6) |
| MORSEL | Serving in "Nicholas Nickleby" |
| CHARLIE | ____ Hunnam, actor who played the title roles in 2002's Nicholas Nickleby and 2017's King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword (7) |
| NICHOLAS | ___ Nickleby, Charles Dickens novel featuring headmaster Wackford Squeers (8) |
| VERISOPHT | Lord Frederick -, character in Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby killed by Sir Mulberry Hawk in a duel (9) |
| SMIKE | Dim character in the Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby (5) |
| MADELINEBRAY | Wife of Nicholas Nickleby in the novel by Charles Dickens (8,4) |
| NEWMANNOGGS | Ralph Nickleby's clerk in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (6,5) |
| TSAR | Emperor in "Nicholas and Alexandra" |
| LENIN | Minor part in "Nicholas and Alexandra" |
