| QUAINT | "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a ____ and curious volume" (Edgar Allan Poe) |
| ASSONANCE | Poetic repetition of sounds, as used in Poe's "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" |
| THERAVEN | 1845 poem by Edgar Allan Poe which begins: "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" (3,5) |
| POE | *"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary..." |
| ERITREA | Weary over endless study in the country |
| MERITED | Just get weary over in popular holiday destination |
| DREARY | "Once upon a midnight ___, while I pondered, weak and weary..."(6) |
| FESSO | Weak and weary, dat., abl., sing. m. and n. |
| WARBONNET | Ground water covering European city that would go over many a brave head (3,6) |
| FOLLIES | Goes overseas often to take in a lot of historic and curious buildings (7) |
| FORESTPRESERVE | In a ___, many a ___ is standing |
| SLIP | "There's many a ____'twixt the cup and the lip". (4) |
| BOWLINGALLEY | In a ___, many a ___ is rolled |
| EDGARALLANPOE | "Once upon a midnight dreary . . ." |
| RAVEN | Poe poem that starts "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The" |
| EXIT | Word over many a door |
| BUTTONS | Container inverted over many a pantomime character (7) |
| LEA | Board over many a school -- is it common? (3) |
| ARCH | Feature over many a doorway |
| PORTRAIT | Hanging over many a mantel |
