| NATTY | Hero of the five novels of the Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841 (5,6) |
| BUMPPO | Hero of the five novels of the Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841 (5,6) |
| HAWKEYE | Nickname of Natty Bumppo, hero of the five novels of The Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper (7) |
| BATES | Author noted for his tales about the Larkin family in five novels including The Darling Buds of May (5) |
| LEATHERSTOCKINGTALES | Series of five novels by James Fenimore Cooper |
| NATTYBUMPPO | Hero of the The Leatherstocking Tales series by James Fenimore Cooper (5,6) |
| DEERSLAYER | Chronologically first but last-published of the Leatherstocking Tales, with "The" |
| COOPER | Author of the Leatherstocking Tales |
| DEER | Natty Bumppo's quarry, per the last of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales |
| SMILEY | George ______ is the central character in many of the novels of the late John le Carre. (6) |
| ELPHABA | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| THROPP | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| VIEW | One of the hundred best novels of the century, EM Forster's A Room With A ... |
| DALZIELANDPASCOE | TV crime drama based on the mystery novels of the same name, written by Reginald Hill (7,3,6) |
| ANTHONYTROLLOPE | 19th-century English author best known for the novels of the Barsetshire and Palliser series (7,8) |
| PALEFIRE | Nabokov work on the Modern Library's 100 Best English-Language Novels of the 20th Century |
| HOLLYBLACK | Best-selling author of the "Novels of Elfhame" and "Folk of the Air" "romantasy" series: 2 wds. |
| CRANE | Protagonist of the 1820 story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by US author Washington Irving (7,5) |
| ICHABOD | Protagonist of the 1820 story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by US author Washington Irving (7,5) |
| THEMONARCH | Television drama loosely based on Compton Mackenzie's Highland Novels, ... Of The Glen (3,7) |
