| THERAVEN | Poem that opens "Once upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| TOAMOUSE | Burns poem that opens "Wee, sleekit, cowrin, tim'rous beastie" |
| REOPENS | Opens once more but goes round on spree (7) |
| RAVEN | Poe poem that starts "Once upon a midnight dreary," with "The" |
| QUAINT | "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, / Over many a ____ and curious volume" (Edgar Allan Poe) |
| POE | 'Once upon a midnight dreary...' writer |
| EDGARALLANPOE | "Once upon a midnight dreary . . ." |
| ASSONANCE | Poetic repetition of sounds, as used in Poe's "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary" |
| ONCE | "__ upon a midnight dreary ..." |
| UPON | Once ___ a midnight dreary ... (start of the poem The Raven) |
| LOWE | Once ___ a midnight dreary ... |
| DREARY | "Once upon a midnight ___..." (Poe poem) (6) |
| UPONA | "Once ___ midnight dreary..." |
| PUCE | Brownish "midnight dreary" purple colour |
| CLEAR | "It Came Upon a Midnight ___" |
| CAME | "It ___ Upon a Midnight Clear" |
| ITCAME | "--upon a midnight.." |
| POCKET | Shark that has an internal gland that opens to the outside and an interior lined with specialized cells that probably produce a bioluminescent fluid, or handy feature for carrying items in clothing (6 |
| SIGNATURETUNE | Distinctive melody or song associated with a performer, or one that opens/closes a radio or television programme (9,4) |
| JANEEYRE | Novel that opens "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day" |
