| BLEAK | ___ House, novel by Charles Dickens whose characters include Esther Summerson and John Jarndyce (5) |
| BLEAKHOUSE | Charles Dickens novel featuring the characters Esther Summerson and John Jarndyce (5,5) |
| GEORGEMOORE | Irish novelist whose works include Esther Waters (6,5) |
| THEMYSTERYOF | Unfinished novel by Charles Dickens whose characters include John Jasper and Rosa Bud (3,7,2,5,5) |
| EDWINDROOD | Unfinished novel by Charles Dickens whose characters include John Jasper and Rosa Bud (5,5) |
| CAROL | A Christmas ___ 1843 novella by Charles Dickens whose plot takes place over a single day |
| HOUSE | Dickens novel featuring Esther Summerson (5,5) |
| COHEN | Sacha -, comic actor whose characters include Ali G and Borat (5,5) (see 13A) |
| BARON | Sacha -, comic actor whose characters include Ali G and Borat (5,5) (see 17A) |
| ABBOT | English musician, actor and comedian whose characters include Basildon Bond, Cooperman and C U Jimmy (4,5) |
| SACHA | Actor whose characters include Ali G, Bruno and Borat, - Baron Cohen (5) |
| NIGHT | William Shakespeare play subtitled What You Will whose characters include Valentine and Curio (7,5) |
| GRYLL | 1861 Thomas Love Peacock novel whose characters include Mr Falconer (5,6) |
| TEXAS | Michener novel whose characters include Coronado and Davy Crockett |
| JENNYWREN | Dolls' dressmaker in the novel Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens whose real name is Fanny Cleaver |
| ADACLARE | Friend of Esther Summerson who marries Richard Carstone in Dickens' Bleak House (1853) (3,5) |
| NEMO | Alias of Captain James Hawdon, father of the heroine Esther Summerson, in Charles Dickens' Bleak House (1853 (4) |
| RUSSIA | 'The --- House', novel by John Le Carre (6) |
| ESTHER | --- Summerson, one of the two narrators of Bleak House by Charles Dickens (6) |
| WILDE | Oscar -; poet, playwright and novelist whose character Lady Bracknell has been portrayed by Edith Evans and Judi Dench (5) |
