| PERSUASIVENESS | Influence of Austen novel not working? See "Sense" rewritten |
| ANGER | Emotion at centre of Austen novel? |
| NEARS | Conclusions of Austen are anathema: another actress comes close |
| SENSIBILITY | Emotional response to second part of Austen title (11) |
| ITCH | Unsatisfied desire of Austen struggling with channel (7,4) |
| UNSATED | Unsatisfied desire of Austen struggling with channel (7,4) |
| CLAIRETOMALIN | Biographer of Austen, Dickens and Wollstonecraft, amongst others (6,7) |
| ASSEMBLYROOMS | Bath's social facilities, mentioned in the novels of Austen and Dickens (8,5) |
| ARCHER | Jeffrey ___, author of 1976 novel Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (6) |
| BROOKMYRE | Christopher, author of the novels Not the End of the World and Country of the Blind (9) |
| BRETON | Bronte novel, not in English, in manner of speaking (6) |
| INDEPENDENCEDAY | Dine out on Victorian novel, not all the result of decay when 4 came (12,3) |
| NONVIOLENT | Friends are like this in novel, not otherwise (3-7) |
| ASHTRAY | A trashy novel not often seen in public now (7) |
| REBEC | A novel not about a medieval instrument |
| AWESOME | A Zamyatin novel not everyone finds dreadful |
| MOMMA | Parent's second novel not opened (5) |
| TOTHEMANNERBORN | Another Bronte novel - not a bloke in it, naturally |
| CURIO | Collectable novel, not American (5). |
| IMAGINABLE | Big AA Milne novel not too far-fetched |
