| SHARER | "The Secret ___" (1910 short story by Joseph Conrad) |
| RAMONA | based on the 1884 novel by helen hunt Jackson, this 1910 short stars canadian actress Mary Pickford |
| TYPHOON | 1903 story by Joseph Conrad featuring the steamer NanShan (7) |
| ROVER | 'The -', 1923 story by Joseph Conrad (5) |
| AGENT | The Secret ___ , novel by Joseph Conrad published in 1907 (5) |
| LIFEOF | The Secret ___, short story by James Thurber (4,2,6,5) |
| FIREBIRD | The ___, 1910 ballet by Igor Stravinsky and Michel Fokine (8) |
| COUSTEAU | Jacques-Yves ___ (1910-97), French underwater explorer who co-developed the first scuba device, the Aqua-Lung, with engineer Emile Gagnan in 1943 (8) |
| GARDEN | The Secret ___, children's book by Frances Hodgson Burnett (6) |
| HEHAD | "The Secret ___ Missed" by Manic Street Preachers |
| OFDARKNESS | 1902 novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow (5,2,8) |
| HEART | 1902 novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow (5,2,8) |
| LIFE | Animated adventure which features the voices of Louis CK and Kevin Hart, The Secret ___ of Pets (4) |
| GENET | Jean ___, 1910-86, French writer alluded to in the title of a David Bowie hit (5) |
| STORM | "The Secret ___" (long-running soap opera) |
| SAUCE | The Secret ___ 2021 Tori Anderson film whose name could be a cooking ingredient |
| PASSAGE | The Secret ___, Nina Bawden's first children's book (7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean ___ (1910-87), French dramatist who wrote Antigone (1944) (7) |
| HEARTOFDARKNESS | Novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow published in 1902 volume Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories |
| SECRET | "The ___ Agent", novel by Joseph Conrad (6) |
