| 100% | DEEPSPACE | 9 | UK science-fiction short stories by Eric F. Russell |
| 38% | ESME | 4 | Short story by Saki |
| 36% | SELFISH | 7 | Short story by Oscar Wilde: The __ Giant |
| 35% | YVETTE | 6 | 1884 short story by Guy de Maupassant |
| 35% | ELEONORA | 8 | Autobiographical short story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 35% | SHIVERING | 9 | "The ___," short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| 35% | VAN | 3 | "Rip ___ Winkle," short story by Washington Irving |
| 34% | SKELETONCREW | 12 | 1985 volume of short stories by Stephen King |
| 34% | ICECREAM | 8 | 2000 volume of short stories by Helen Dunmore |
| 34% | THEPREMATURE | 12 | & 15A 1844 short story by Edgar Allan Poe |
| 34% | RED | 3 | "The ___ Convertible," 1974 short story by Louise Erdrich |
| 34% | THEFALLOFTHE | 12 | & 22A 1839 short story by Edgar Allen Poe |
| 34% | ELEVEN | 6 | Short stories' book by Patricia Highsmith |
| 34% | SCREWJACK | 9 | 1991 volume of short stories by Hunter S Thompson |
| 34% | TAKE | 4 | "Winner ___ Nothing," collection of short stories by Ernest Hemingway |
| 34% | RUMPOLE | 7 | & 22A 2001 volume of short stories by John Mortimer |
| 34% | FIRSTLOVE | 9 | & 11D 1975 volume of short stories by Ian McEwan |
| 34% | MYENEMYS | 8 | & 17A 1962 volume of short stories by Kingsley Amis |
| 34% | PAW | 3 | "The Monkey's ___," short story by W.W. Jacobs |
| 33% | DISASTERAREA | 12 | The —, 1967 volume of short stories by J G Ballard |
| 33% | FILTHYANIMALS | 13 | 2021 book of short stories by 42-Across (2 wds.) |
| 33% | FLYINGGOAT | 10 | The —, 1939 volume of short stories by H E Bates |
| 33% | AFANATIC | 8 | & 4D 1984 volume of short stories by Edna O'Brien |
| 33% | PRICE | 5 | & 17A The —, 2009 volume of short stories by Peter Robinson |
| 33% | FINAL | 5 | "The ___ Problem," Sherlock Holmes short story by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 33% | ADLER | 5 | Irene in a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |