| 100% | SNOWS | 5 | "The ___ of Kilimanjaro" (short story by Ernest Hemingway) |
| 81% | SNOWS | 5 | "The ___ of Kilimanjaro" (Ernest Hemingway short story) |
| 79% | OLDMANAND | 9 | "The ___ the Sea," short novel by Ernest Hemingway which tells the story of a Cuban fisherman: 3 wds. |
| 75% | TAKE | 4 | "Winner ___ Nothing," collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway |
| 63% | FAREWELL | 8 | "A ___ to Arms," novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I |
| 61% | TIKKI | 5 | "Rikki-___-Tavi," short story by Rudyard Kipling from 8a which is about the adventures of an Indian mongoose |
| 58% | SELFISH | 7 | Short story by Oscar Wilde: The __ Giant |
| 58% | SUNALSORISES | 12 | "The ___," novel by Ernest Hemingway (birthday today) about expatriates traveling to Pamplona to watch the running of the bulls: 3 wds. |
| 57% | DISASTERAREA | 12 | The —, 1967 volume of short stories by J G Ballard |
| 57% | FLYINGGOAT | 10 | The —, 1939 volume of short stories by H E Bates |
| 57% | MEN | 3 | "___ Without Women," 2014 short story collection by Haruki Murakami that shares its title with Ernest Hemingway's short story collection |
| 54% | WILD | 4 | "The ___ Asses of the Devil," 1915 short story by H.G. Wells |
| 53% | PRICE | 5 | & 17A The —, 2009 volume of short stories by Peter Robinson |
| 53% | GALATEA | 7 | Short story by Madeline Miller that's a retelling of Greek myths featuring Pygmalion |
| 53% | INNOCENCEOF | 11 | & 7D The —, 1911 volume of short stories by G K Chesterton |
| 52% | BARTLEBY | 8 | & 22A 1853 short story by Herman Melville subtitled A Story of Wall Street |
| 52% | MAGI | 4 | O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the ___" |
| 52% | MORAL | 5 | "___ Disorder," 2006 collection of connected short stories by Margaret Atwood which chronicles the pains of a Canadian family |
| 51% | OHENRY | 6 | Famed short story writer behind "The Gift of the Magi" |
| 51% | ETONCROP | 8 | Short hairstyle worn by women of the 1920s |
| 50% | LOT | 3 | "___ No. 249," gothic horror short story by Arthur Conan Doyle that influenced the Mummy horror genre |
| 50% | MACHINE | 7 | "The ___ Stops," short story by E.M. Forster that predicted technologies like the Internet |
| 49% | RED | 3 | "The ___ Convertible," 1974 short story by Louise Erdrich |
| 49% | THEPITANDTHE | 12 | & 1D 1842 short story by Edgar Allan Poe adapted for the cinema by Richard Matheson in 1961 |
| 49% | SKELETONCREW | 12 | 1985 volume of short stories by Stephen King |
| 49% | ICECREAM | 8 | 2000 volume of short stories by Helen Dunmore |