| NEWJERSEY | Birthplace of Stephen Crane |
| RED | Color of Stephen Crane's Badge of Courage |
| BADGE | "The Red ___ of Courage" (Stephen Crane novel) |
| MAGGIE | Stephen Crane's "___: A Girl of the Streets" |
| THEOPENBOAT | 1898 volume of short stories by Stephen Crane (3,4,4) |
| COURAGE | This quality had a red badge in Stephen Crane's classic novel of the American Civil War |
| COMBATREAD | Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage," e.g.? |
| ARTA | "Charity thou __ lie": Stephen Crane |
| REDBADGEOFCOURAGE | The ?, 1895 war novel by Stephen Crane |
| IMET | "___ a seer" (Stephen Crane poem) |
| BOAT | The Open ___, 1897 novella by Stephen Crane (4) |
| BLUE | Stephen Crane's 'The ___ Hotel' |
| OPEN | "The ... ...", Stephen Crane short story about four shipwrecked men (4,4) |
| REDBADGEOF | The -. 1895 war novel by Stephen Crane (3,5,2,7) |
| OPENBOAT | The ?, Stephen Crane short story first published in 1897 about four shipwrecked men |
| CHANCER | ITV crime drama that starred Clive Owen as Stephen Crane (7) |
| WENCESLAS | Name of the King who gave alms to the poor on the Feast of Stephen in the Christmas carol |
| EVERYTHING | The Theory of ___ biographical romantic drama film from 2014 based on the life of Stephen Hawking |
| EDDIEREDMAYNE | For his portrayal of Stephen Hawking in The Theory Of Everything this English actor, whose films include The Danish Girl and My Week With Marilyn, won an Academy Award (5,8) |
| ARNIE | ___ Cunningham, the owner of the titular haunted car of Stephen King's "Christine" |