| VALDEMAR | "The Facts in the Case of M. --", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (8) |
| ICOULDGO | “I’m a short-term nostalgic; things were great ten minutes ago. If only ____ back there.” (John Cooper Clarke) |
| EAPOE | "The Facts in the Case of ___" (Andrew Sinclair novel that pays homage to a mystery writer) |
| KNOW | Aware of the facts, in the ... |
| PENDULUM | The _ _ _ _, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3,3,8) |
| TELLTALE | 'The ___ Heart', 1843 short story by Edgar Allan Poe (4-4) |
| ELEONORA | Autobiographical short story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| USHER | "The Fall of the House of --", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (5) |
| 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) |
| INTHERUE | 1841 story by Edgar Allan Poe (3,7,2,3,3,6) |
| RAGGED | A Tale of the ------Mountains, a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (6) |
| 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 |
| THEPIT | ___ And The Pendulum, short story by Edgar Allan Poe about the torture of a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition (3,3) |
| MOUNTAIN | Brokeback ___ , 2005 film based on a short story by Annie Proulx (8) |
| CANDYMAN | Horror film franchise based on a short story by English writer Clive Barker (8) |
| THEPITANDTHE | & 1D 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 (3,3,3,3,8) |
| THEPITANDTHEPENDULUM | 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 |
| THECASKOF | 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe recounting the murder of Fortunato by Montresor (3,4,2) |
| AMONTILLADO | 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe recounting the murder of Fortunato by Montresor (11) |