| ALDRICH | Thomas Bailey, author of the semiautobiographical work The Story Of A Bad Boy (7) |
| SAMUELBUTLER | Author of the semiautobiographical 1903 novel The Way of All Flesh (6,6) |
| ROUGHINGIT | 1872 semiautobiographical work by Mark Twain describing his travels in Nevada, California and the Sandwich Islands (8,2) |
| UNTRUTH | The story of a nut cracked by a widow of Moab (7) |
| HGWELLS | Author of Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul (1905) (1,1,5) |
| SEQUELS | Literary works that follow the story of a previous work |
| DRACULA | Gothic novel by Bram Stoker which tells the story of a vampire on the loose |
| LARDNER | Ring, US writer whose autobiography was entitled The Story of a Wonder Man (7) |
| ODYSSEY | Which epic poem by Homer relates the story of a ten-year voyage? (7) |
| SUSKIND | Patrick _, writer best known for his 1985 novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (7) |
| STRIDER | Tolstoy work subtitled "The Story of a Horse" |
| REQUIEM | Movie shown at Cannes Film Festival in 2000 which tells the story of a couple's descent into drug addiction, ... For A Dream |
| RECOUNT | Tell the story of a new poll (7) |
| NARRATE | Tell the story of a ranter gone berserk (7) |
| PORKPIE | The story of a meat product (4,3) |
| SEANCOMBS | Focus of the documentary "Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A Bad Boy Story": 2 wds. |
| ANTIHERO | Novel's villain, a bad boy of ancient Rome inspiring revolutionary best-seller (8) |
| THOMPSON | Author of the Lark Rise to Candleford semiautobiographical trilogy (8) |
| WORLDS | The realism of Orson Welles' radio version of HG Wells' The War Of The ..., the story of a Martian i |
| DAW | Thomas Bailey Aldrich story "Marjorie ___" |