| TYPHOON | 1902 short novel by Joseph Conrad featuring steamer the SS Nan-Shan |
| OUTCAST | "An -- of the Islands", novel by Joseph Conrad (7) |
| NOSTROMO | 1904 novel by Joseph Conrad featuring the character Charles Gould (8) |
| LORDJIM | Novel by Joseph Conrad about the sinking of a ship and subsequent events |
| ALMAYER | Kaspar, central character in an 1895 novel by Joseph Conrad (7) |
| CABARET | 1972 film based on a Broadway musical, which in turn was inspired by a short novel by Christopher Isherwood (7) |
| BRISTOL | In 1843, the SS Great Britain became the first iron-hulled screw-driven liner. Where was it built? (7) |
| HIMMLER | Heinrich ___, German Nazi leader who was head of the SS and the Gestapo |
| LALIQUE | René ____ made the SS Normandie's architectural glassware |
| JACOBS | W W -, English author of 1902 short story collection The Lady of the Barge (6) |
| OLDMANAND | The ___ the Sea short novel by Ernest Hemingway which tells the story of a Cuban fisherman: 3 wds. |
| UNDERWESTERN | And 10 1911 novel by Joseph Conrad (5,7,4) |
| AGENT | The Secret ___ , novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907 (5) |
| PAW | "The Monkey's ___" (1902 short story) (3) |
| FIFTHCHILD | The -, 1988 short novel by Doris Lessing (5,5) |
| MAN | see 7dn, ? and the Ghost's Bargain, 1848 Christmas short novel by Charles Dickens |
| TIMBUKTU | 1999 short novel by Paul Auster about Mr Bones the dog |
| CARMEN | Opera by Bizet based on a short novel by Prosper Merimee (6) |
| THEHAUNTED | and 12dn, ? and the Ghost's Bargain, 1848 Christmas short novel by Charles Dickens |
| HEINRICHHIMMLER | Who was head of the SS and the Gestapo? (8,7) |
