| TELLER | Person recounting at the bank? (6) |
| NARRATOR | Person recounting a story |
| NEHEMIAH | A book of the Old Testament recounting the acts of a Jewish official at the court of Artaxerxes, King of Persia (8) |
| JUDGES | Book of the Old Testament recounting the history of Israel from the death of Joshua to the birth of Samuel (6) |
| NOMEANCITY | Book recounting life in the Gorbals, also the name of the 'Taggart' theme song (2,4,4) |
| YORKTOWN | Song in the musical 'Hamilton' recounting the final battle of the American Revolutionary War (8) |
| THISISISISISAID | Recounting of the time you introduced the Egyptian goddess of fertility? |
| ROAD | The ___, Orwell book recounting the development of his political consciousness (4,2,5,4) |
| MUSKETEERS | The Three ---, 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas recounting the adventures of d'Artagnan (10) |
| TELLERS | Bank employees who are recounting (7) |
| MIDNIGHTEXPRESS | Film recounting the imprisonment of Billy Hayes |
| ILIAD | Epic poem recounting tales of the siege of Troy |
| ESTHER | Bible book recounting the acts of a Persian queen |
| GENESIS | Book recounting events from the Creation (7) |
| SAGA | A medieval prose narrative, written in Iceland, recounting the exploits of a hero or family (4) |
| STORYTELLING | Counting the number of floors out loud? Doing some recounting? |
| GIRL | Birthday ___ 2002 short story by Haruki Murakami that is a recounting of a person's twentieth birthday |
| ODYSSEY | Epic poem attributed to Homer recounting the adventures of Odysseus (7) |
| ONEL | Scott Turow's recounting of his first year at Harvard Law |
| THECASKOF | 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe recounting the murder of Fortunato by Montresor (3,4,2) |