| HILDALESSWAYS | Wife of Edwin Clayhanger in Arnold Bennett's novel Clayhanger (5,8) |
| LESSWAYS | Hilda ___, Edwin's eventual wife in Arnold Bennett's Clayhanger (8) |
| ARNOLDBENNETT | Author of the 1910 novel Clayhanger (6,7) |
| BENNETT | Arnold, author of the 1910 novel Clayhanger (7) |
| TOAD | Classic figure in Arnold Lobel books |
| AUDRAMCDONALD | Naomi Bennett's portrayer in "Private Practice" |
| BIBINETANYAHU | Naftul Bennett's predecessor |
| FIVETOWNS | Arnold Bennett's name for Burslem, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall in the Potteries collectively (4,5) |
| THESE | and 1ac, 1916 Arnold Bennett novel in The Clayhanger Family series |
| THESETWAIN | 1916 Arnold Bennett novel in The Clayhanger Family series (5,5) |
| TWAIN | 1916 Arnold Bennett novel in The Clayhanger Family series (5,5) |
| THEFIVETOWNS | Arnold Bennett's Potteries |
| OPIUMDEN | Type of establishment in which Charles Dickens's novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood opens |
| LANDSEER | Edwin -; artist who painted The Monarch of the Glen and was the godfather of Edwin Lutyens (8) |
| UNACCOMPLISHED | By no means expert description of The Mystery of Edwin Drood? |
| HONEYTHUNDER | Luke, character in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (12) |
| DROOD | The Mystery of Edwin ___, unfinished final novel by Charles Dickens |
| LANDLESS | Helena, orphan in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (8) |
| ROSA | _ Budd, character in The Mystery of Edwin Drood (4) |
| LAINE | Cleo ___, 1986 Tony Award Best Actress in a Musical nominee for The Mystery Of Edwin Drood (5) |
