| NICKLEBY | Dickens' Nicholas (8) |
| RALPH | Uncle of Dicken's Nicholas (5,8) |
| HILLIARD | Nicholas, English miniaturist portrait painter (8) |
| CULPEPER | Nicholas --, 1616-54, English herbalist (8) |
| SARDINES | Nicholas, beheaded, feeds the fishes. (8) |
| NOTEBOOK | The -, romantic drama starring Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling, based on Nicholas Sparks' novel (8) |
| VANBRUGH | Architect and dramatist who designed Castle Howard and Blenheim Palace with Nicholas Hawksmoor (8) |
| RASPUTIN | Russian religious mystic perceived to have influenced Tsar Nicholas II and his wife Alexandra (8) |
| REINDEER | Sleigh-pulling animal in the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas - Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner or Blitzen (8) |
| CZARINAS | In retrospect, lawyer admits supporter loses head joining paramilitaries with the last of Nicholas and Alexander's wives (8) |
| DREADFUL | 'The --- Hollow', 1953 detective novel by Nicholas Blake (8) |
| ENTRANCE | Charm of a recent work about Nicholas the First (8) |
| ORANGERY | Garden building traditionally for cultivating citrus trees and exotic plants, such as that designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor next to Kensington Palace (8) |
| THEMAGUS | John Fowles novel featuring the character Nicholas D'Urfe (8) |
| CHILDREN | Of what is St Nicholas the patron saint? (8) |
| HARKNESS | Agatha _, Nicholas Scratch's mother in Marvel comics (8) |
| LOTHARIO | Character in 1702 Nicholas Rowe stage play The Fair Penitent whose name has come to mean any rake or libertine (8) |
| SELENIUM | Element Nicholas Gage memoir included in tally (8) |
| RENFIELD | 2023 vampire comedy film starring Nicholas Hoult and Awkwafina (8) |
| CAMPBELL | PM Kim and actor Nicholas |
