| ASSEMBLYROOMS | Bath's social facilities, mentioned in the novels of Austen and Dickens (8,5) |
| TEST | Hampshire river mentioned in the novel Watership Down (4) |
| FARO | Card game mentioned in the novel "Show Boat" |
| LYTTON | 1st Baron -; MP and author who coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword"; a friend of Disraeli and Dickens who wrote The Last Days of Pompeii (6) |
| QUICKWITTEDNESS | Sharpness of Swift, Lawrence and Dickens, initially in The Observer (5-10) |
| CLAIRETOMALIN | Biographer of Austen, Dickens and Wollstonecraft, amongst others (6,7) |
| BROWNE | Artist "Phiz" whose illustrations in the novels of "Boz" include At Mr John Chivery's tea-table, Lady Dedlock in the Wood, Mr Pecksniff on his Mission and Mr Winkle Returns under Extraordinary Circums |
| GARGANTUA | Father of Pantagruel in the novels of 16th-century French author Francois Rabelais (9) |
| HOBBITS | Race of small people in the novels of JRR Tolkien (7) |
| KESTREL | Small bird of prey known for hovering while hunting, or amateur sleuth in the novels of Kate Ross |
| MARYHELEN | *Novelist Stefaniak or crime-solving nun in the novels of Sister Carol Anne O'Marie |
| REBUS | A returning character in the novels of Ian Rankin (5) |
| HORATIO | -- Hornblower, naval hero in the novels of C.S. Forester (7) |
| NATHAN | ****** Zuckerman, protagonist in the novels of Philip Roth (6) |
| OLIVER | Ariadne __, Poirot's friend in the novels of Agatha Christie (6) |
| THEFAULTINOUR | ___ Stars romantic tragedy film starring Ansel Elgort based on the novel of the same name: 4 wds. |
| BILLYBATHGATE | 1991 film, loosely based on the novel of the same name by E L Doctorow, starring Dustin Hoffman as gangster Dutch Schultz |
| CASTERBRIDGE | Dorchester in the novels of Thomas Hardy |
| SMILEY | George ______ is the central character in many of the novels of the late John le Carre. (6) |
| HOLLYBLACK | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
