Crossword puzzle clue "something novel"

Something novel

Classic novel written at the Orchard House in Concord, Mass. (and a hint to something in this puzzle)

Sign denoting that something is perched on something else?

Something mild after something hard

Like something deep fried vis-a-vis something oven broiled, say

Feeling that you've seen something before seen something before

Figure something out, especially something obvious

Something starting something?