Dickens novel (6,6)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dickens novel</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Charles Dickens novel)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for hard times that I've seen before include "Possibly description of our crossword" , "old book" , "work with social relevance" , "Ma dithers about title of Dickens novel in tough period" , "Stealers of things" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dickens novel</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Charles Dickens novel)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for great expectations that I've seen before include "Novel narrated by Philip Pirrip" , "look forward to extremely?" , "Hopes very much raised" , "work?" , "Dickens novel about Pip" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">dickens novel</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(Charles Dickens novel)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for little dorrit that I've seen before include "(Heroine of) Dickens novel" , "(Female) Dickens novel" , "Eponymous heroine" , "Novel by Charles Dickens" , "Novel heroine born in the Marshalsea" .)