| MITTY | Walter, daydreaming character created by James Thurber (5) |
| WALTERMITTY | Daydreamer hero created by James Thurber (6,5) |
| GHOST | Word game popularized by James Thurber |
| ISSEX | James Thurber and E.B. White book "___ Necessary?" |
| NOISY | "Nowadays men lead lives of ____ desperation" (James Thurber) |
| LIFEOF | The Secret ___, short story by James Thurber (4,2,6,5) |
| WALTER | The Secret .... .. ...... ....., a short story by James Thurber (4,2,6,5) |
| SECRETLIFEOF | The ___, 1947 comedy film starring Danny Kaye based on a story by James Thurber (6,4,2,6,5) |
| EARLYTORISEAND | Start of a quip by James Thurber |
| OLDAGEISTHEMOST | Start of a quote by James Thurber |
| FILE | "___ and Forget" (classic humor piece by James Thurber) |
| SECRETLIFEOFWALTERMITTY | The ?, 1947 comedy film starring Danny Kaye based on a story by James Thurber |
| ASEAL | "...You Heard ___ Bark": Thurber |
| HUMOR | Thurber forte |
| FABLE | Thurber effort |
| CATBIRD | The - Seat; story by The Secret Life of Walter Mitty author James Thurber (7) |
| OHIOAN | James Thurber, by birth |
| HUMORIST | James Thurber was a noted U.S. one (8) |
| ANGER | "Let us not look back in ___, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness": James Thurber |
| EMOTIONAL | “‘Humour’, he said, ‘is ____ chaos remembered in tranquility’” (James Thurber) |
