| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| TESS | Heroine in a Hardy title |
| TESS | Thomas Hardy title heroine |
| NATIVE | Word in a Hardy title |
| JOAN | Title heroine in a Shaw play |
| GRETEL | Title heroine in a Humperdinck opera |
| BEDELIA | Amelia ..., title heroine in children's books |
| HEIDI | Title heroine played by Shirley Temple in 1937 |
| HELEN | Euripides play in which the title heroine never goes to Troy |
| EMMA | Title heroine described in the first sentence of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
| EMMA | Title heroine described in the first lines of her novel as "handsome, clever and rich" |
