| THERAVEN | Poem by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1845 (3,5) |
| OVAL | "The ___ Portrait", two-page horror story by Edgar Allan Poe published in 1842 (4) |
| ANNABEL | ___ Lee , lyric poem by Edgar Allan Poe published two days after his death in 1849 |
| ANNABELLEE | The last complete poem by Edgar Allan Poe, published shortly after his death (7,3) |
| RAVEN | Bird in the title of an 1845 poem by Edgar Allan Poe (5) |
| TOHELEN | Poem by Edgar Allan Poe recited by Tom Hanks in the 2004 Coen Brothers film The Ladykillers |
| CONQUERORWORM | Poem by Edgar Allan Poe, with "The" |
| BELLS | The ___, poem by Edgar Allan Poe (5) |
| IZINGARI | Wandering amatuer cricket club, founded in 1845 by three Old Harrovians (1,7) |
| THEBELLS | Choral symphony by Sergei Rachmaninoff based on a poem of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe (3,5) |
| PENDULUM | 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 (3,3,3,3,8) |
| WORTHING | West Sussex station opened in 1845 on the Brighton & Chichester Railway (8) |
| VALDEMAR | "The Facts in the Case of M. --", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (8) |
| ELEONORA | Autobiographical short story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| TELLTALE | "The ___ Heart", story by Edgar Allan Poe (4,4) |
| INTHERUE | 1841 story by Edgar Allan Poe (3,7,2,3,3,6) |
| GREATFAMINE | This tragedy started in Ireland in 1845 and ended in 1849. It was caused by late blight, which ruined the potato crop, and it resulted in about one million deaths and mass emigration. |
| ABROAD | Home-Thoughts, From ____, poem by Robert Browning written in 1845 (6) |
| TANNHAUSER | Richard Wagner opera that was first produced in Dresden in 1845 (10) |
| MAORIWARS | Conflicts that took place in New Zealand in 1845-72 |
