| SQUEERS | Wackford --, proprietor of Dotheboys Hall in 'Nicholas Nickleby' (7) |
| WACKFORDSQUEERS | Cruel headmaster of Dotheboys Hall in Charles Dickens's novel Nicholas Nickleby (8,7) |
| DICKENS | Creator of the iconic characters Wackford Squeers and Uriah Heep (7) |
| HEADMASTER | Wackford Squeers in "Nicholas Nickleby" or Henry Brocklehurst in "Jane Eyre" |
| DOTHEBOYSHALL | School run by Wackford Squeers in Nicholas Nickleby |
| ONASSIS | Youthful Greek proprietor of 90 ships, Aristotle ... became the owner of the Monte Carlo casino in 1 |
| ARIZONA | Proprietor of Venice bar sounded rough — in a state! |
| SHOWMAN | Proprietor of fairground |
| NOGGS | In Nicholas Nickleby, Ralph Nickleby's clerk (6,5) |
| YEOMAN | In Nicholas Nickleby, Ralph Nickleby's clerk (6,5) |
| NICKLEBY | Charles Dickens' character sent to Dotheboys Hall, Nicholas ... |
| DOTHEBOYS | School in "Nicholas Nickleby" (9,4) |
| CHEERYBLE | Charles, Ned, and Frank, characters in Nicholas Nickleby (9) |
| INFANT | "The - phenomenon", name given to Ninetta Crummles in Nicholas Nickleby (6) |
| NICHOLAS | Novel featuring Dotheboys Hall (8) |
| WACKFORD | ,22 Dotheboys Hall head (Dickens) |
| MORSEL | Serving in "Nicholas Nickleby" |
| WAGNER | The composer with the most pages in Nicholas Slonimsky's Lexicon of Musical Invective |
| TSAR | Emperor in "Nicholas and Alexandra" |
| LENIN | Minor part in "Nicholas and Alexandra" |
