| DEFARGE | Madame in "A Tale of Two Cities" known for knitting beside the guillotine |
| FRENCHTEACHER | In Paris, miss classy type of Madame, in a manner of speaking (6,7) |
| BUTTERFLY | Madame in a Puccini opera (9) |
| OUTCOME | In Paris where leading characters in A Tale of Two Cities, for instance, produced result (7) |
| BESTOFTIMES | Charles Dickens's opening in A Tale of Two Cities; It was the... (4,2,5) |
| MADAMEDEFARGE | The primary antagonist in A Tale of Two Cities (6,7) |
| PIPER | The Pied ___ of Hamelin, the main character in a tale of a rat catcher hired by the town to lure rats away |
| PROSS | Miss ___, Lucie Manette's governess in A Tale of Two Cities (5) |
| CARTON | Container featured in A Tale of Two Cities (6) |
| LUCIEMANETTE | In A Tale of Two Cities, ____ marries Charles Darnay |
| NEEDLE | Traditionally bought at a haberdashery, an item forming part of an etui or a sewing basket, used with a thimble and thread; a tool for knitting; or, a leaf of a pine tree (6) |
| DESPAIR | A Tale of Two Cities: "It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of..." (7) |
| WINTER | "It was the spring of hope, it was the ___ of despair" (A Tale of Two Cities line) |
| LUCIE | ___ Manette, woman in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| MANETTE | Lucie in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| DICKENS | A signed copy of this author's A Tale of Two Cities would set you back a cool £275,000 in 2014 |
| WAS | Word seen 11 times in the opening line of "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| DARN | Carton's counterpart in "A Tale of Two Cities" |
| TWEETY | Animated yellow canary seen in Looney Tunes who first appeared in A Tale of Two Kitties |
| THEBEST | The opening words of A Tale of Two Cities (2,3,3,4,2,5) |
