| WALTER | The Secret .... .. ...... ....., a short story by James Thurber (4,2,6,5) |
| MITTY | The Secret .... .. ...... ....., a short story by James Thurber (4,2,6,5) |
| LIFEOF | The Secret .... .. ...... ....., a short story by James Thurber (4,2,6,5) |
| BOYS | 1996 film starring Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas, loosely based on a short story by James Salter |
| WALTERMITTY | 'The Secret Life of ---', 1947 Danny Kaye film based on a story by James Thurber (6,5) |
| SECRETLIFEOFWALTERMITTY | The ?, 1947 comedy film starring Danny Kaye based on a story by James Thurber |
| SECRETLIFEOF | The ___, 1947 comedy film starring Danny Kaye based on a story by James Thurber (6,4,2,6,5) |
| EARLYTORISEAND | Start of a quip by James Thurber |
| OLDAGEISTHEMOST | Start of a quote by James Thurber |
| GHOST | Word game popularized by James Thurber |
| FILE | "___ and Forget" (classic humor piece by James Thurber) |
| CATBIRD | The - Seat; story by The Secret Life of Walter Mitty author James Thurber (7) |
| ONEL | "Human Dignity has gleamed only now and then and here and there, in l___y splendor, throughout the ages, a hope of the better men, never an achievement of the majority." -James Thurber |
| DEAD | 'The --', story by James Joyce filmed by John Huston in 1987 (4) |
| MIRRORIMAGE | Title shared by a short story by Isaac Asimov, a novel by Danielle Steel and a Blood, Sweat & Tears album (6,5) |
| HUMORIST | James Thurber was a noted U.S. one (8) |
| LASTOF | 'The ---', 1826 story by James Fenimore Cooper (4,2,3,8) |
| THEMOHICANS | 'The ---', 1826 story by James Fenimore Cooper (4,2,3,8) |
| BOAT | Any one of the legumes one is said to be full of when spirited or figuratively spilt when revealing a secret; a cocoa seed, coffee cherry, jelly sweet or vanilla pod, shaped like said pulse; or, a per |
| THEFLY | 1958 sci-fi/horror film with a screenplay by James Clavell, based on a short story by George Langelaan |
