| BRAMSTOKER | Author of an 1897 Gothic horror novel (4,6) |
| DRACULA | Character created by Irish author Bram Stoker in an 1897 Gothic horror novel (7) |
| CYRANO | Title protagonist of an 1897 Edmond Rostand play |
| SUEGRAFTON | Author of an alphabetic series of mysteries |
| BAINBRIDGE | Beryl, author of An Awfully Big Adventure (10) |
| DORIANGRAY | Gothic horror by Oscar Wilde, 'The Picture of -' (6,4) |
| APPRENTICE | The Sorcerer's ___, an 1897 symphonic work by Paul Dukas based on a poem by Goethe (10) |
| LONGFELLOW | Author of an 1841 poem that contains the line spelled out by the shaded squares |
| JANETFRAME | Author of An Angel at My Table, who was born in Dunedin in 1924 and died there in 2004 (5,5) |
| MARYREILLY | 1996 gothic horror film starring Julia Roberts as Dr Henry Jekyll's housemaid |
| SHELLEY | Author of the Gothic horror novel Frankenstein, Mary ... |
| RICE | Author of the gothic horror novel series The Vampire Chronicles, Anne _ (4) |
| HAUNTING | The --- Of Hill House, 1959 gothic horror novel by Shirley Jackson (8) |
| LESTAT | Prince ___ and the Realms of Atlantis (2016 gothic-horror novel) |
| SUSANHILL | Author noted for her Gothic horror novel, The Woman In Black (5,4) |
| INTERVIEWWITHTHEVAMPIRE | 1976 gothic horror novel by Anne Rice |
| INTERVIEW | - with the Vampire; gothic horror novel by Anne Rice adapted into a film (9) |
| THEWOMANINBLACK | Gothic horror novel by Susan Hill published in 1983 (3,5,2,5) |
| ADAMSMITH | Author of "An Enquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" |
| MICAH | Hebrew prophet of the late 8th century BC native to the town of Moresheth; author of an Old Testament book (5) |
