| 100% | PIT | 3 | "The ___ and the Pendulum" (Poe story) |
| 100% | PIT | 3 | "The ___ and the Pendulum" (Edgar Allan Poe story) |
| 99% | PIT | 3 | "The ___ and the Pendulum" (Edgar Allan Poe short story) |
| 84% | PIT | 3 | Poe's "The ___ and the Pendulum" |
| 84% | PIT | 3 | Poe's "The __ and the Pendulum" |
| 80% | PIT | 3 | Edgar Allan Poe's "The ____ and the Pendulum" |
| 67% | PIT | 3 | "The ___ and the Pendulum" |
| 63% | POE | 3 | "The Pit and the Pendulum" writer |
| 63% | POE | 3 | "The Pit and the Pendulum" author |
| 62% | POETALE | 7 | "The Pit and the Pendulum," e.g. |
| 61% | POE | 3 | "The Pit and the Pendulum" author, Edgar Allan ___ |
| 61% | EAPOE | 5 | "The Pit and the Pendulum" author, in brief |
| 60% | HARE | 4 | "The Tortoise and the ___" (Aesop story) |
| 59% | ANT | 3 | "The ___ and the Grasshopper" (13-Across story) |
| 58% | RUE | 3 | "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" (Edgar Allan Poe story) |
| 58% | RED | 3 | "The Masque of the ___ Death" (Edgar Allan Poe story) |
| 57% | SUSANNA | 7 | __ and the Elders, story in the Book of Daniel |
| 57% | RARE | 4 | "For the ___ and radiant maiden": Poe |
| 57% | PIT | 3 | "The ___ and the Pendulum," 1961 horror film starring Vincent Price that has gothic elements |
| 56% | GANGS | 5 | The Jets and the Sharks, in "West Side Story" |
| 56% | PEA | 3 | "The Princess and the ___" (Hans Christian Andersen story) |
| 56% | STEWART | 7 | Jimmy __ of Vertigo and The Philadelphia Story |
| 56% | EPICS | 5 | The Gilgamesh story and others |
| 55% | PENDULUM | 8 | Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the __ |
| 55% | PENDULUM | 8 | Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the ___" |
| 55% | EPICS | 5 | Grand stories, like the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" |
| 54% | GANGS | 5 | The Sharks and the Jets of "West Side Story," e.g. |
| 54% | USHER | 5 | "The Fall of the House of ___" (Edgar Allan Poe story) |
| 54% | DOOM | 4 | "Jeeves and the Impending ___" (P. G. Wodehouse short story) |
| 54% | LENORE | 6 | "Her, the fair and debonair," to Poe |