| TOBYVECK | Protagonist of 1844 Charles Dickens novella The Chimes (4,4) |
| EBENEZER | Miserly central character in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol (8,7) |
| CRATCHIT | Bob, Ebenezer Scrooge's clerk in Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol (8) |
| SCROOGED | 1988 film based on Charles Dickens' novella A Christmas Carol (8) |
| CHARLTON | Surname of the fictional tax inspector, Cedric, in H E Bates's novella The Darling Buds of May (8) |
| TANGIERS | Treaty of --, 1844, in which Morocco recognised Algeria as part of French Empire (8) |
| HOFFMANN | E. T. A. -; German writer whose novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King was adapted into a ballet with a score by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (8) |
| ALLEGORY | Benjamin Tammuz's novella 'The Orchard' is an example of this literary narrative (8) |
| GAMP | Sarah ?, character in 1844 Charles Dickens novel The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit noted for her large umbrella |
| JACOBMARLEY | Deceased business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol (5,6) |
| DICKENS | Author of a series of Christmas novels including The Battle of Life, The Chimes and The Cricket on the Hearth (7) |
| BOBCRATCHIT | Employee of Scrooge in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol |
| PAULSWEEDLEPIPE | Sarah Gamp's landlord in the 1844 Charles Dickens novel Martin Chuzzlewit (4,11) |
| ACHRISTMASCAROL | Charles Dickens novella published in 1843 (1,9,5) |
| CHUZZLEWIT | The Life and Adventures of -, 1844 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Tom Pinch (10) |
| MARTIN | The Life and Adventures of -, 1844 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Tom Pinch (6) |
| SCROOGE | Miserly central character in 1843 Charles Dickens novella A Christmas Carol - see 13dn (0) |
| VECK | Toby, character in the story The Chimes by Charles Dickens (4) |
| JAMES | Author of the 1898 horror novella The Turn Of The Screw, Henry _ (5) |
| DOYLE | Artist who co-illustrated three of Charles Dickens Christmas books including The Chimes (5) |
