Answer: hardtimes

AnswerCrossword Clue
HARDTIMESStonemasons' newspaper?
HARDTIMESBook about Mr. Gradgrind.
HARDTIMESTerkel best-seller
HARDTIMESDickens novel
HARDTIMESDepressions
HARDTIMESDickens novel: 1854
HARDTIMESDickens's shortest novel