| MARCHELEVENTH | When the Blizzard of 1888 began |
| SARAH | Forename of the Duchess of York, or "Fergie", who has penned a number of books for children including Budgie and the Blizzard, Little Red's Christmas Story and Puddle Boots Christmas (5) |
| WEATHERTHESTORM | Overcome difficulties during the blizzard? |
| SNOWFLAKE | Any one of a flurry or blizzard of dainty white frozen hexagonally symmetrical crystals of "glace" thus, an Arctic bunting forming a swirling drift-like flock; or, a Galanthus-like St Agnes' flower, a |
| SNOWFALL | A flurry or blizzard of ice flakes; or, the amount of niveous powder that has dropped in a given time (8) |
| OZZ | Blizzard of ___ (album by heavy metal's "Prince of Darkness") |
| SHALOTT | The Lady Of ____, painting of 1888 by John William Waterhouse (7) |
| ARROW | "The Black ___", R.L. Stevenson novel of 1888 (5) |
| THAYER | Ernest ?, US author of 1888 poem Casey at the Bat |
| DEE | "Blizzard of Ozz" instrumental |
| ARLES | Provence town where van Gogh and Gauguin lived together in the autumn of 1888 (5) |
| BELLAMY | Edward ___, author of 1888 novel Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (7) |
| DAK | US Black Hills Terr. of 1888 |
| RIPPER | Terror of 1888 London |
| JTHERIPPER | Whitechapel killer of 1888 |
| BAXTER | Glen, illustrator and humorist whose volumes include 1999's Blizzards of Tweed (6) |
| BERLIN | Site of the 11 following the Russ-Turkish was of 1877-1888 (6) |
| STOKE | ..... City, one of the 12 founding members of the Football League in 1888 (5) |
| GAUGUIN | Painter of the 1888 oil on canvas The Vision after the Sermon (7) |
| SCHEHERAZADE | One of the best known works of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, written in 1888 |
