| THESIGNALMAN | A horror-mystery story by Charles Dickens, most likely inspired by the Clayton Tunnel train crash of 1861 (3,6-3) |
| THEMOONSTONE | Mystery story by Wilkie Collins (3,9) |
| ANTITRUST | Describing the Clayton Act |
| EUROSTAR | Channel Tunnel train |
| OZYMANDIAS | Sonnet likely inspired by Ramses the Great |
| UNDERMINER | "The Incredibles" villain likely inspired by Marvel Comics' Mole Man |
| ROC | Mythical creature likely inspired by Madagascar's elephant bird |
| SLAM | Loud crash of a door; a forceful dunk of a basketball; the winning by one team of all 13 tricks in a hand in whist; or, a poetry contest (4) |
| BOLT | Word for an arrow originally, later a jagged flash of lightning with a simultaneous crash of thunder; a roll of cloth; a dash; or, a pin for a nut (4) |
| SIGNALMAN | The -, classic ghost story by Charles Dickens (6-3) |
| RING | Japanese horror mystery film about a cursed videotape that, when watched, will cause the viewer to die a week later |
| THE | Famous story by Charles Kingsley, subtitled A Fairy Tale for a Land-baby (3,5,6) |
| WATERBABIES | Famous story by Charles Kingsley, subtitled A Fairy Tale for a Land-baby (3,5,6) |
| CAROL | Story by Charles Dickens featuring Scrooge (1,9,5) |
| ACHRISTMAS | Story by Charles Dickens featuring Scrooge (1,9,5) |
| HARPERSISLAND | American horror mystery series that follows a group who travel for a destination wedding: 2 wds. |
| JONES | American locomotive engineer - killed in a train crash and the subject of a famous ballad (5, 5) |
| BLAIR | Horror mystery, The ... Witch Project (5) |
| HERRING | Term for a false lead in a mystery story, red ... |
| CLUE | Important piece of information in a mystery story |
