| HIAWATHA | 'The Song of --', an epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (8) |
| ROLAND | 'The Song of --', an epic poem based on the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in 778 (6) |
| LEWISCARROLL | Writer reporting the song of an East Sussex town? |
| HESPERUS | 'The Wreck Of The ---', poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow included in the 1841 collection Ballads And Other Poems (8) |
| THEWRECK | Narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in Bel ads and Other Poems in 1842 (3,5,2,3,8) |
| ODYSSEUS | Legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of an epic poem by Homer (8) |
| THESONGOF | 1855 epic poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow telling the story of an Ojibwe warrior chief and his lover Minnehaha (3,4,2,8) |
| EXCELSIOR | 1841 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; motto of the state of New York (9) |
| WRECK | The - of the Hesperus; poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (5) |
| ATRI | The Bell of ___ (Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) |
| EVANGELINE | Epic 1847 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow subtitled A Tale of Acadie |
| THESONGOFHIAWATHA | 1855 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (3,4,2,8) |
| EPIDEMIC | Rapid spread of an epic about a crooked dime (8) |
| THOUSAND | Part of an epic movie cast |
| OFTHE | Narrative poem by Henry Wadsworth Lon fellow. first published in Bel ads and Other Poems in 1842 (3,5,2,3,8) |
| CANTO | Has ability to be a division of an epic poem |
| OSSIAN | Purported author of an epic poem cycle published from 1760 (6) |
| MINNEHAHA | Lover of Hiawatha in an epic poem by Longfellow |
| GRENDEL | Beast of an epic poem |
| THATCHROOFEDVILLAGE | Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie: "Where is the ___-___ ___, the home of Acadian farmers..." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |