| ANDTHEMAN | see 21dn, 1894 stage play by George Bernard Shaw whose heroine is Raina Petkoff |
| ARMSAND | And 17 1894 stage play by George Bernard Shaw whose heroine is Raina Petkoff (4,3,3,3) |
| ARMSANDTHEMAN | 1894 stage play by George Bernard Shaw whose heroine is Raina Petkoff |
| ARMS | 1894 stage play by George Bernard Shaw whose heroine is Raina Petkoff |
| APAIROF | See 161873 novel by Thomas Hardy whose heroine is Elfride Swancourt |
| BLUEEYES | 1873 novel by Thomas Hardy whose heroine is Elfride Swancourt (1,4,2,4,4) (see 16D) |
| LASONNAMBULA | 1831 opera by Vincenzo Bellini whose heroine is Amina (2,10) |
| APAIROFBLUEEYES | 1873 novel by Thomas Hardy whose heroine is Elfride Swancourt |
| HOUSEOFMIRTH | "The ___", Edith Wharton novel whose heroine is Lily Bart (5,2,5) |
| NORTHANDSOUTH | Elizabeth Gaskell novel whose heroine is Margaret Hale (5,3,5) |
| BAITINGTOEXHALE | Flick whose heroine is lured to blow out? |
| MANSFIELDPARK | Austen novel whose heroine is Fanny Price |
| NAIRN | Porridge broadcast in numbers by Scottish chef - See 21Dn (4,5) |
| HELD | Turns the lid, freely managed by others - see 21dn (4,2,5) |
| SMILE | Graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier about a girl with braces |
| TOMBRAIDER | Game whose heroine was played by Angelina Jolie in a 2001 film |
| ANNAKARENINA | Novel by Leo Tolstoy whose heroine suffers a tragic fate (4,8) |
| SILAS | see 21dn, 1864 novel by Sheridan Le Fanu |
| SCREW | Increase pressure to bribe warder - See 21Dn (4,3,5) |
| GROUND | Bug spotted outside sanctuary turned up in the vicinity of cemetery - see 21dn (6,6) |
