| RYANSDAUGHTER | *1970 film that's a retelling of "Madame Bovary" |
| GAINACCESS | Get into a retelling of a scenic saga (4,6) |
| SEDER | Meal that features a retelling of the story of Exodus |
| ELECTRA | 1931 play cycle by Eugene O'Neill that is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus (6,7,7) |
| MOURNING | 1931 play cycle by Eugene O'Neill that is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus (6,7,7) |
| BECOMES | 1931 play cycle by Eugene O'Neill that is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus (6,7,7) |
| FLAUBERT | Author of Madame Bovary, Gustave ... |
| EMMA | First name of Madame Bovary in Gustave Flaubert's novel (4) |
| GUSTAVEFLAUBERT | Author of Madame Bovary |
| GUSTAVE | ---- Flaubert, author of Madame Bovary (7) |
| EMILEZOLA | French author of Madame Bovary (5,4) |
| THOUSAND | A ___ Ships 2019 novel by Natalie Haynes that is a modern retelling of the Trojan War mythology |
| LOVE | Anna K: A ___ Story 2020 novel by Jenny Lee that is a modern retelling of Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina |
| ROXANNE | Steve Martin film, a modern retelling of the play Cyrano de Bergerac (7) |
| LONGEST | Epic retelling of the Allied invasion of Normandy during WWII, The ... Day |
| WESTSIDESTORY | A musical retelling of Romeo and Juliet. (4,4,5) |
| MULAN | Disney retelling of a Chinese folk legend |
| ASH | Malinda lo novel described as a "lesbian retelling of Cinderella" |
| SIX | 2017 musical retelling of the stories of Henry VIII's wives |
| LAMENT | Aria from Purcell's retelling of the story of Aeneas (5,6) |