Literature Crossword for Adults

This hard crossword about literature has 13 entries on an 11 by 11 grid, 6 across and 7 down.

Answers average 5.8 letters and the longest runs ten, clued as "The final untying of the story's complex knot" (2 Down). It crosses three other answers, which makes it a useful one to try first.

  • 13 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Hard
  • Answers 3 to 10 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 8 Across (8)A figure of speech showing I encountered a quartet
  2. 2 Down (10)The final untying of the story's complex knot
  3. 3 Down (8)A shiny, alphabetical list of obscure terms

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Across

  1. 3. Literary category formed from green rearranged.
  2. 5. A lyrical tribute that sounds like a debt.
  3. 8. A figure of speech showing I encountered a quartet.
  4. 10. Poetic lines hiding in the reverse.
  5. 11. Humorous mockery intended to highlight societal flaws.
  6. 12. Seventeen syllables that typically capture nature.

Down

  1. 1. A recurring pattern or design in a narrative tapestry.
  2. 2. The final untying of the story's complex knot.
  3. 3. A shiny, alphabetical list of obscure terms.
  4. 4. A grand tale hiding in an electronic picture.
  5. 6. Short fiction that sounds like a fresh Italian girl.
  6. 7. A weighty volume that sounds like a burial place.
  7. 9. Ordinary writing composed by experts.

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