| NICHOLAS | ___ Nickleby, Charles Dickens novel featuring headmaster Wackford Squeers (8) |
| DOTHEBOYSHALL | Yorkshire school run by Wackford Squeers in the novel Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens |
| HEADMASTER | Wackford Squeers in "Nicholas Nickleby" or Henry Brocklehurst in "Jane Eyre" |
| DICKENS | Creator of the iconic characters Wackford Squeers and Uriah Heep (7) |
| CHARLESDICKENS | "Father" of Wackford Squeers |
| SQUEERS | Wackford ?, headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in 1839 Charles Dickens novel Nicholas Nickleby |
| BLEAK | and 17 Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Ada Clare (5,5) |
| HOUSE | Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Ada Clare (5,5) |
| HARD | Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
| TIMES | Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Thomas Gradgrind (4,5) |
| BLEAKHOUSE | Charles Dickens novel featuring Esther Summerson and John Jarndyce (5,5) |
| MYSTERYOF | "The ... ... ... ... ', unfinished Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Dick Datchery (7,2,5,5) |
| DROOD | "The ___', unfinished Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Dick Datchery (7,2,5,5) |
| EDWIN | "The ___', unfinished Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Dick Datchery (7,2,5,5) |
| ACHRISTMAS | And 19D Charles Dickens novel featuring Tiny Tim (1,9,5) |
| CAROL | See 9D, Charles Dickens novel featuring Tiny Tim (1,9,5) |
| HARDTIMES | Charles Dickens novel featuring the Gradgrinds, set in North England (4,5) |
| THEOLDCURIOSITYSHOP | Charles Dickens novel featuring the character Nell Trent (3,3,9,4) |
| DOMBEYANDSON | 1848 Charles Dickens novel featuring characters Walter Gay and Dr Parker Peps |
| OURMUTUALFRIEND | 1865 Charles Dickens novel featuring characters John Harmon and Bella Wilfer |
