| HENRYFIELDING | Author of "Tom Jones" (5,8) |
| FIELDING | Author of "Tom Jones" (8) |
| SOPHIAWESTERN | Heroine, and eventual wife of the title character, in Henry Fielding's The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) |
| THWACKUM | Tutor of Tom Jones in the Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones (8) |
| TWAIN | Author of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (5) |
| HUGHES | Author of Tom Brown's School Days (6) |
| PEARCE | Author of Tom's Midnight Garden (6) |
| SOPHIA | Heroine of 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6,7) |
| BLIFIL | Nephew of Squire Allworthy in 1749 Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (6) |
| WALES | Birthplace of Tom Jones (5) |
| ANKA | Composer of Tom Jones' 'She's a Lady' |
| TITLE | Rank temperament of Tom Jones. (5,9) |
| CHARACTER | Rank temperament of Tom Jones. (5,9) |
| SUSANNAH | York of "Tom Jones" |
| THOMASHUGHES | Author of Tom Brown's School Days, a semi-biographical novel set at Rugby School (6,6) |
| WESTERN | Sophia, character in the Henry Fielding novel The History of Tom Jones (7) |
| ALBERTFINNEY | ____ starred in the title role of Tom Jones, the 1964 best picture Oscar winner |
| SQUARE | Philosopher in Fielding's The History of Tom Jones (6) |
| SPACE | Liverpool band accompanied by Catatonia's Cerys Matthews on "The Ballad Of Tom Jones" (5) |
| MARKTWAIN | 'All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure,' said this writer of Tom Sawyer (4,5) |
