| SQUEERS | Wackford, fictional headmaster in Charles Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby (7) |
| ALBUSDUMBLEDORE | Fictional headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (5,10) |
| 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) |
| ESTELLA | Orphan raised by Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations (7) |
| CREAKLE | Headmaster in Dickens's David Copperfield (7) |
| SKINNER | Surname of Bart and Lisa's headmaster in The Sim psons (7) |
| DOTHEBOYSHALL | Yorkshire school run by Wackford Squeers in the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens |
| WEMMICK | John ___, clerk to Mr Jaggers and friend of Pip in Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations |
| EDWARDS | Jimmy ____ played a headmaster in the BBC's Whack-O! sitcom |
| DICKENS | Creator of the iconic characters Wackford Squeers and Uriah Heep (7) |
| WACKFORDSQUEERS | Cruel headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (8,7) |
| NEWMANNOGGS | Ralph Nickleby's clerk in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (6,5) |
| NICHOLAS | ___ Nickleby, Charles Dickens novel featuring headmaster Wackford Squeers (8) |
| HEADMASTER | Wackford Squeers in "Nicholas Nickleby" or Henry Brocklehurst in "Jane Eyre" |
| URIAHHEEP | Character in Charles Dickens' novel David Copperfield who lives in an "umble abode" |
| GAMP | Sarah ___, character in Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit noted for her large umbrella (4) |
| HAROLDSKIMPOLE | Sponging character in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House supposedly based on Leigh Hunt |
| FAGIN | Head of a gang of thieves in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist (5) |
| GRIP | Raven in Charles Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge (4) |
