| 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) |
| AMO | The Spanish I love? |
| HEARTACHE | Judge a criminal originally involved in the torture (9) |
| THIRTYTWO | "___ ___ Short Films About Glenn Gould" (1993 biopic about Canada's legendary concert pianist) |
| AGONYAUNT | Relative behind torture of trouble-shooting columnist (5,4) |
| RENEGADE | Agree end to torture of traitor (8) |
| CRACK | Start to contemplate torture of expert (5) |
| USHER | The Fall of the House of ___, short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in September 1839 |
| FALL | The ___ of the House of Usher gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe which is about two ailing siblings living in a strange mansion |
| VALDEMAR | "The Facts in the Case of M. --", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (8) |
| RAGGED | A Tale of the ------Mountains, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (6) |
| THECASKOF | 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe recounting the murder of Fortunato by Montresor (3,4,2) |
| MAN | The Cares of a Family ___ short story by Franz Kafka about a creature called Odradek |
| AMONTILLADO | 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe recounting the murder of Fortunato by Montresor (11) |
| THEPITANDTHE | & 1D 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 (3,3,3,3,8) |
| OVERCOAT | The ___, short story by Nikolai Gogol adapted as a mime play by Marcel Marceau in 1951 (8) |
| THEPITANDTHEPENDULUM | 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 |
| TELLTALE | 'The ___ Heart', 1843 short story by Edgar Allan Poe (4-4) |
