| ASHENDEN | 1928 collection of stories by W Somerset Maugham subtitled The British Agent (8) |
| CAKESANDALE | 1930 novel by British author Somerset Maugham subtitled or, The Skeleton in the Cupboard (5,3,3) |
| GANG | Name given to the British agents assassinated by the IRA on the morning of Bloody Sunday 1920. (5,4) |
| CAIRO | Name given to the British agents assassinated by the IRA on the morning of Bloody Sunday 1920. (5,4) |
| ALGERNON | Forename of Captain Lacy in stories by W.E. Johns (8) |
| SALINGER | J. D. -; author of The Catcher in the Rye and a collection of stories that includes A Perfect Day for Bananafish and Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut (8) |
| ABNEGATE | Renounce a British agent that's mislaid tip for espionage (8) |
| LITTLEIRONIES | Life's ___ 1894 collection of stories by Thomas Hardy which touches upon both rural life and the life of the bourgeois: 2 wds. |
| ANACONDA | Collection of stories to study: lawman finding killer |
| BOOK | The Jungle ___ 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling featuring anthropomorphic animals |
| THEJUNGLEBOOK | 1894 collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling featuring the 'man cub' Mowgli (3,6,4) |
| LITTLEHERR | 1898 collection of stories by Thomas Mann (6,4,10) |
| FRIEDEMANN | 1898 collection of stories by Thomas Mann (6,4,10) |
| MOTHER | ___ Goose Tales; collection of stories by Charles Perrault including Sleeping Beauty, Puss in Boots and Cinderella (6) |
| NIGHTSHIFT | 1978 collection of stories by Stephen King (5,5) |
| GODOWNMOSES | 1942 collection of stories by William Faulkner (2,4,5) |
| AGENT | Secret -; Alfred Hitchcock film loosely based on stories by W. Somerset Maugham (5) |
| UNCLE | My - Silas; collection of stories by H. E. Bates that was adapted into a miniseries with Albert Finney (5) |
| GODOWNOOEE | 1942 collection of stories by William Faulkner |
| ROBOT | I, ___, collection of stories by Isaac Asimov |
