| 100% | UNION | 5 | "Grand ___," 2019 short story collection by Zadie Smith |
| 50% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 short story collection by Isaac Asimov |
| 50% | THEACIDHOUSE | 12 | 1994 short story collection by Irvine Welsh |
| 50% | NOCOMEBACKS | 11 | 1982 short story collection by Frederick Forsyth |
| 50% | JUST | 4 | 2008 short story collection by Stephen King |
| 50% | FILTHYANIMALS | 13 | 2021 short story collection by Brandon Taylor |
| 50% | OFFPLANET | 9 | 1988 short story collection by Clifford D Simak |
| 50% | GARDENPARTY | 11 | The —, 1922 short story collection by Katherine Mansfield |
| 50% | POIROT | 6 | & 22D 1924 short story collection by Agatha Christie |
| 50% | PLAINTALES | 10 | & 22A 1888 short story collection by Rudyard Kipling |
| 50% | SUCH | 4 | & 22A 1950 short story collection by Angus Wilson |
| 50% | INBETWEENTHE | 12 | & 12A 1978 short story collection by Ian McEwan |
| 48% | INPLAINSIGHT | 12 | 2019 collection of short stories by 31-Across featuring Kate Burkholder (3 wds.) |
| 47% | NECK | 4 | "The Thing Around Your ___," 2009 short stories collection by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 47% | HERCULES | 8 | "The Labours of ___," short story collection by Agatha Christie that references Greek mythology |
| 44% | FIVECARATSOUL | 13 | 2017 short story collection by 30-Across featuring middle school-aged boys in a band (3 wds.) |
| 43% | EYE | 3 | Short story collection by Frank Herbert ('85) which includes "The Road to Dune", a guidebook for pilgrims to the planet Arrakis |
| 43% | MEN | 3 | "___ Without Women," 2014 short story collection by Haruki Murakami that shares its title with Ernest Hemingway's short story collection |
| 43% | PICCOLA | 7 | "Little ___," children's Christmas-themed short story by Nora A. Smith |
| 39% | ANTH | 4 | Short story collection, for short |
| 39% | SMILE | 5 | — and Other Stories, 1987 short story collection by Deborah Moggach |
| 39% | IROBOT | 6 | 1950 short-story collection by Asimov |
| 39% | BRYANWASHINGTON | 15 | Author of the 2019 short-story collection “Lot” and the 2020 novel “Memorial” |