| 100% | CTHULHU | 7 | "The Call of ___" (short story by H. P. Lovecraft) |
| 70% | HORROR | 6 | "The ___ at Red Hook," 1927 short story by H.P. Lovecraft about a sinister cult |
| 70% | FLYINGGOAT | 10 | The —, 1939 volume of short stories by H E Bates |
| 62% | WILD | 4 | "The ___ Asses of the Devil," 1915 short story by H.G. Wells |
| 56% | DISASTERAREA | 12 | The —, 1967 volume of short stories by J G Ballard |
| 55% | TIKKI | 5 | "Rikki-___-Tavi," short story by Rudyard Kipling from 8a which is about the adventures of an Indian mongoose |
| 54% | LOVECRAFT | 9 | H P —, science fiction and horror writer whose stories include The Case of Charles Dexter Ward |
| 54% | CALL | 4 | "The ___ of Cthulhu," horror story written by H.P. Lovecraft which was adapted into a video game |
| 52% | SKELETONCREW | 12 | 1985 volume of short stories by Stephen King |
| 52% | ICECREAM | 8 | 2000 volume of short stories by Helen Dunmore |
| 52% | PRICE | 5 | & 17A The —, 2009 volume of short stories by Peter Robinson |
| 52% | SCREWJACK | 9 | 1991 volume of short stories by Hunter S Thompson |
| 52% | TAKE | 4 | "Winner ___ Nothing," collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway |
| 52% | RUMPOLE | 7 | & 22A 2001 volume of short stories by John Mortimer |
| 52% | FIRSTLOVE | 9 | & 11D 1975 volume of short stories by Ian McEwan |
| 52% | MYENEMYS | 8 | & 17A 1962 volume of short stories by Kingsley Amis |
| 52% | SELFISH | 7 | Short story by Oscar Wilde: The __ Giant |
| 51% | INNOCENCEOF | 11 | & 7D The —, 1911 volume of short stories by G K Chesterton |
| 51% | FILTHYANIMALS | 13 | 2021 book of short stories by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 51% | AFANATIC | 8 | & 4D 1984 volume of short stories by Edna O'Brien |
| 51% | MAN | 3 | "The Cares of a Family ___," short story by Franz Kafka about a creature called Odradek |
| 50% | SHOWMAN | 7 | "The Greatest ___," 2017 musical starring Hugh Jackman which is inspired by the story of P.T. Barnum |
| 50% | SOMETHING | 9 | & 22A Volume of short stories by Katherine Mansfield published posthumously in 1924 |
| 49% | INPLAINSIGHT | 12 | 2019 collection of short stories by 31-Across featuring Kate Burkholder (3 wds.) |
| 49% | THEPHANTOM | 10 | & 13D — and Other Eerie Tales, 1888 collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling |
| 49% | EERIE | 5 | Like H. P. Lovecraft stories |
| 49% | SPODE | 5 | Roderick —, leader of fascist group The Black Shorts in stories by P G Wodehouse |