| INVISIBLEMAN | The - - is a story by H. G. Wells |
| ELISSA | ------; or The Doom of Zimbabwe, a story by H. Rider Haggard (6) |
| HOUSEOFCARDS | Popular American political thriller by Beau Willimon which is a story of a Democrat from South Carolina and is based on the novel of the same by Michael Dobbs: 3 wds. |
| LYDIA | Forename of a captivating provincial heiress who is the object of Richardson's infatuation in a coming-of-age story by H E Bates (5) |
| HORROR | The ___ at Red Hook 1927 short story by H.P. Lovecraft about a sinister cult |
| SKAW | The --- is a peninsula at the northern end of Jutland between the Skagerrak and the Kattegat (4) |
| CTHULHU | "The Call of ___" (short story by H. P. Lovecraft) |
| ROOST | The ... is a powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands (5) |
| THEBLUELAGOON | 1908 story by H. de Vere Stacpoole (3,4,6) |
| GAMBIA | The is a West African republic whose capital is Banjul (6) |
| STRAND | The --- is a street in London parallel to the River Thames (6) |
| PEAK | Dante's ___ movie starring Pierce Brosnan which is a story of survival post a volcanic eruption |
| SATISFACTORY | Is a story fact muddled? That's acceptable (12) |
| SERIAL | How real is a story told in instalments? (6) |
| RETAILER | Shopkeeper is a story-teller |
| SAGA | Slump to which there is a story |
| REDFOX | An animal with a brush for a tail, depicted in the Reynard cycle, several of Aesop's fables, a tale by Beatrix Potter and a story by Roald Dahl (3,3) |
| SORBONNE | The ... is a part of the University of Paris founded in 1253 (8) |
| GREEN | The ... ... is a radio and comic book character whose alter ego is Britt Reid (5,6) |
| HORNET | The ... ... is a radio and comic book character whose alter ego is Britt Reid (5,6) |
