| REGATTA | The -------Mystery, short story by Agatha Christie (7) |
| THREEBLINDMICE | Short story by Agatha Christie in the incredible novel enthrals many (5,5,4) |
| MALTESE | The - Cat; short story by Rudyard Kipling about a polo match (7) |
| ROCKING | The - -Horse Winner; short story by D. H. Lawrence (7) |
| ITALIAN | One short story by man, European (7) |
| CTHULHU | "The Call of ___" (short story by H. P. Lovecraft) |
| CURIOUS | Short story by F Scott Fitzgerald adapted for film in 2008, The ... Case Of Benjamin Button |
| QUEENOF | 'The -', Tchaikovsky opera based on a short story by Pushkin (5,2,6) |
| CONTEXT | Background of short story by playwright finally |
| THEWAKE | Short story by Brendan Behan (5,3,4) |
| TWODROVERS | The ___, 1827 short story by Sir Walter Scott featuring the characters Harry Wakefield and Robin Oig M"Combich (3,7) |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| ANDTHE | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| PIT | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| LONELINESS | The ___ of the Long Distance Runner, 1959 short story by Alan Sillitoe, adapted for a 1962 film of the same name starring Tom Courtenay |
| INAGROVE | Short story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa used by Akira Kurosawa as the basis for the characters and plot of his movie Rashomon |
| MENTAL | Short story by the fellows exercising the intellect (6) |
| OVERCOAT | The ___, short story by Nikolai Gogol adapted as a mime play by Marcel Marceau in 1951 (8) |
| USHER | The Fall of the House of ___, short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in September 1839 |
| MIRRORIMAGE | Title shared by a short story by Isaac Asimov, a novel by Danielle Steel and a Blood, Sweat & Tears album (6,5) |
