Complete Clue List
Across
1. With 7 down, novel partly set in the Marshalsea Prison
5. With 1 down, nickname of Jack Dawkins
8. 'The Mystery of ___ Drood', unfinished work
9. 1852 ghost story, 'To Be Read at ___'
10. ___ Indies - where the Chesters went in 'Barnaby Rudge'
11. Played Scrooge in 2017 film 'The Man Who Invented Christmas'
15. Speaks hoarsely
18. Miserly character from 'A Christmas Carol'
20. Italian volcano mentioned in 7 down/1 across
21. Type of violence featured in full title of 'Barnaby Rudge'
22. ___ Peggotty, drowned in 'David Copperfield'
24. Esther's father in 'Bleak House'
26. Mr ___, undertaker in 'David Copperfield'
28. ___ House, a school in 'Sketches by Boz' (or a Roman goddess)
30. Fastening or to hold onto
33. Least strong - like Tiny Tim maybe?
38. "Once ___ a time", a typical story opening
39. Little ___, girl in 36 down
40. Novel, 'A Tale ___ Cities' (2,3)
41. City in which many of Dickens' novels are set
42. With 31 down, main protagonist of 'Great Expectations'
Down
1. With 5 across, nickname of Jack Dawkins
2. Lady Dedlock's maid in 'Bleak House'
3. What people often do with a story
4. Move through water
5. First name of Mrs Chickenstalker in 'The Chimes'
6. Nephew of 18 across
7. With 1 across, novel partly set in the Marshalsea Prison
11. The Ghost of Christmas ___
12. ___ Heep, unpleasant character from 'David Copperfield'
13. Good ___ Brown, from 'Dombey and Son'
14. A first edition Dickens novel would be this!
16. A lack of this causes Neville to flee in 8 across
17. Minnie Meagles' nickname in 7 down/1 across
19. Term for umbrellas derived from a Dickensian character (pl.)
23. Thing that many Dickens novels have been turned into
24. Sports league based in Australia (abbr.)
25. 1851 short story, 'What Christmas is, as We ___ Older'
27. Real, authentic
28. Novel, 'Our ___ Friend'
29. First name of Miss Clare from 'Bleak House'
31. With 42 across, main protagonist of 'Great Expectations'
32. What George Rouncewell took from Mr Smallweed in 'Bleak House'
34. Top school that doesn't feature in any novel by Dickens!
35. Nicholas Nickleby's sister
36. Novel, 'The Old Curiosity ___'
37. 'All the ___ Round', magazine founded by Dickens