| UNCLEVANYA | Anton Chekhov play published in 1897 whose title character is Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky (5,5) |
| VANYA | Anton Chekhov play published in 1897 whose title character is Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky (5,5) |
| UNCLE | Anton Chekhov play published in 1897 whose title character is Ivan Petrovich Voynitsky (5,5) |
| THESEAGULL | Russian play published by Anton Chekhov in 1896 (3,7) |
| FIRSTFOLIO | The original collected edition of Shakespeare's plays, published in 1623 (5,5) |
| THEMARTIAN | Novel by George du Maurier published posthumously in 1897 (3,7) |
| PLASTICINE | Modelling clay formulated by English artist William Harbutt in 1897 (10) |
| OLDSMOBILE | Car company founded in 1897 |
| THREESISTERS | Anton Chekhov play first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901 |
| IRINA | Youngest sister in Anton Chekhov play Three Sisters |
| OLGA | Eldest sister in Three Sisters, the Anton Chekhov play |
| SALESMAN | Death Of A ___ , Arthur Miller play published in 1949 (8) |
| SEAGULL | The -; Anton Chekhov play (7) |
| MAUGHAM | English writer whose first novel was Liza of Lambeth, published in 1897 (7) |
| OPENBOAT | The ?, Stephen Crane short story first published in 1897 about four shipwrecked men |
| BOAT | The -, Stephen Crane short story first published in 1897 about four shipwrecked men (4,4) |
| OPEN | The -, Stephen Crane short story first published in 1897 about four shipwrecked men (4,4) |
| THEOPENBOAT | Stephen Crane short story first published in 1897 about four shipwrecked men (3,4,4) |
| WEDDING | The ___, one-act comedy play by Anton Chekhov whose premiere was in 1900 (7) |
| DRACULA | Novel first published in 1897 (7) |
