| CHEEVER | John --, author of the short story 'The Enormous Radio' (7) |
| GARP | Fictional author of the short story "The Pension Grillparzer" |
| FAULKNER | Nobel Prize-winning Mississipian author of the short story "The Bear" (8) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | Writer of the short story, "The Black Cat": 3 wds. |
| INFANTA | Oscar Wilde short story, The Birthday Of The ... |
| FITZGERALD | F. Scott -; novelist who wrote The Great Gatsby, Tender Is the Night and the short story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (10) |
| POE | Author of the short story "Loss of Breath" |
| NOVELLA | The short story is an original form to the French (7) |
| SUMMARY | Girl after a quantity of money is the short story (7) |
| RUE | Edgar Allan Poe wrote the short story, The Murders In The ... Morgue (3) |
| SNOWSOF | Hemingway's classic short story, The ... Kilimanjaro (5,2) |
| ANDERSON | Sherwood, author of the short story collection Winesburg, Ohio (8) |
| GUYDEMAUPASSANT | Author of the short story Boule de Suif (suet dumpling) |
| IRVING | Washington --, author of the short story "Rip Van Winkle" (6) |
| ORR | Author of the short story on which All About Eve was based, Mary ___ |
| KARENRUSSELL | Author of the short-story collection "Orange World and Other Stories" |
| PANTHER | Titular man-eating animal which terrorizes the village of Bisnu in the short story "_______'s Moon" |
| IDOL | The Fallen ___, 1948 Carol Reed film based on the short story The Basement Room by Graham Greene |
| MARKTWAIN | Author of the short story |
| RUNYON | Damon ___, author of the short story collections More Than Somewhat, Furthermore and Take It Easy (6) |
