| FANNYHILL | Which 1749 novel, also known as Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, is still banned in Australia? (5,4) |
| GOVERNESS | 'The --', 1749 novel by Sarah Fielding (9) |
| HILL | Novel by John Cleland subtitled Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (5,4) |
| FANNY | Novel by John Cleland subtitled Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (5,4) |
| FIREWORKS | What accompanied the performance of a new work by Handel in April, 1749? (9) |
| POSSESSED | The ?, 1872 Dostoevsky novel also called The Devils and Demons |
| THEDEVILS | Dostoevsky novel also entitled The Possessed (3,6) |
| ATONEMENT | 2001 Ian McEwan novel, also an Oscar-winning film (9) |
| MEMOIRS | ___ of a Woman of Pleasure, book better known by the title Fanny Hill (7) |
| TOMJONES | Titular foundling in a 1749 novel by Henry Fielding also featuring Sophia Western (3,5) |
| BRADFORD | Married name of Barbara Taylor, author of A Woman of Substance and the Cavendon Chronicles (8) |
| DONNA | Which term comes from an Italian title prefixed to the given name of a woman of high rank (5) |
| TROLLOP | Hungry local seen in company of a woman of ill-repute (7) |
| NOSTROMO | A Joseph Conrad novel, also the name of the spacecraft in the film Alien (8) |
| BLIFIL | Nephew of Squire Allworthy in 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6) |
| TREATISE | Source of pleasure is English essay (8) |
| HEDONIST | Pursuit of pleasure is his demon (8) |
| THEHISTORY | ?, a Foundling, 1749 novel by Henry Fielding |
| THEHISTORYOFTOMJONES | ?, a Foundling, 1749 novel by Henry Fielding |
| AMERICANBEAUTY | 1931 Edna Ferber novel; also the name of a 1999 film directed by Sam Mendes (8,6) |
