Literature Crossword Puzzles and Crosswords

1	Mystery Box (5): Detective Stories Crime stories have been the bread and butter for numerous authors over the decades. Here's your chance to start looking for clues (pun intended). Best of luck.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	511 plays	Jan 02 25	pollucci19
2	That is the Question Created for the Shakespearean Crosswords challenge, this crossword contains clues that, with a lot of literary license, exclusively take the form of questions beginning with the word 'that'. One or two non-literature clues are included in the mix.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	451 plays	Dec 19 24	jonnowales
3	A Charles Dickens Christmas Charles Dickens wrote several novellas with a Christmas theme. Most of the clues are associated with his most famous story, "A Christmas Carol," but there are also clues from the lesser-known Christmas stories. As Tiny Tim might tell you "A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, everyone!" May this crossword bring you a bit of Christmas joy.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	461 plays	Dec 19 24	BigTriviaDawg
4	A Visit from St. Nicholas This crossword is based on the 1823 poem by Clement Clarke Moore, with all quotations taken from that work. The puzzle is also a submission to the Phoenix Rising Team Crossword Challenge and contains two anagrams. Enjoy!	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	453 plays	Dec 14 24	psnz
5	Mystery Box (4) - Detective Stories Crime stories have been the bread and butter for numerous authors over the decades. Here's your chance to start looking for clues (pun intended). Best of luck.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	407 plays	Nov 07 24	pollucci19
6	Mystery Box (3) - Detective Stories Crime stories have been the bread and butter for numerous authors over the decades. Here's your chance to start looking for clues (pun intended). Best of luck.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	442 plays	Oct 31 24	pollucci19
7	Mystery Boxes (2) - Agatha Christie Agatha Christie was the Queen of Crime. This puzzle takes a look at her works and characters. Best of luck. (NOTE) All of the clues relate to works authored by Agatha Christie unless otherwise stated.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	539 plays	Oct 23 24	pollucci19
8	Mystery Boxes - Erle Stanley Gardner Erle Stanley Gardner managed to write more than 100 mystery stories during his career. This puzzle takes a look at his works and characters. Best of luck.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	288 plays	Sep 29 24	pollucci19
9	What's the Book Title #6? A list of books written by well-known and little-known authors. Some of the books are adapted into movies with the same titles.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	1286 plays	Sep 02 24	sw11
10	The Book Thief The Book Thief has invaded my territory and stolen several words from the titles of a number of books. Can you please help me to recover them?	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	881 plays	Aug 05 24	moonraker2
11	What's the Book Title #5? Another series on a list of books with some written by well-known authors.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	2011 plays	Apr 14 24	sw11
12	All that glisters is not gold Kyle wants a series of CWs based around well known Shakespearean quotes and the title of this one is from "The Merchant of Venice"(MOV) so there are some references to that play and others and a few different literary works as well.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	761 plays	Mar 21 24	ceetee
13	Green Eggs and Other Literary Goodies Okay, so I am being somewhat economical with the truth! There are no "green eggs" in this puzzle, just plenty of other book titles, many of which contain food items. Enjoy!	Literature	Harder	Large Puzzle	1463 plays	Mar 08 24	psnz
14	Adventures in Literature Welcome to my very first crossword! Enjoy a quick trip into the world of writing. Feedback is always welcome.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	1751 plays	Jan 13 24	lordprescott
15	Staging Shakespeare Number 10 (of 20) in a series of crosswords produced for November's Quiz Writing Challenge. A personal goal is to create a crossword for every Fun Trivia category. There is a theme which seasoned solvers should spot swiftly. Enjoy!	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	1046 plays	Dec 08 23	psnz
16	Real and Fictional Literary Characters A wide list of literary characters from Shakespeare's plays, well-known fictional characters, real people and little-known characters.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	2010 plays	Oct 25 23	sw11
17	Shakespeare Lines and Quotes Lines and quotes from Shakespeare's plays, one of the world's most prominent English playwrights and poets.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	1664 plays	Jul 09 23	sw11
18	Literature For Life! This crossword contains lots of clues and their answers concerning various literary works. This puzzle was completed for the challenge "Category Stumpers". Enjoy!	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	2499 plays	Mar 29 23	VBookWorm
19	What's the Book Title #4? There are quite a number of well known books written by renowned writers in this puzzle. Many of the books were made into movies and television series.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	3082 plays	Mar 24 23	sw11
20	Literary Characters and Authors A crossword full of characters and authors from literature. Are you able to unearth them all?	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	3308 plays	Feb 02 23	moonraker2
21	Confederacy of Dunces Strikes Again Published posthumously in 1980, this picaresque novel provides a fascinating look at mid 20th-century New Orleans through the eyes of some truly unique characters.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	585 plays	Feb 01 23	ubermom
22	As Tomorrow Comes The fascinating thing about science fiction is if you live long enough you can see if the prediction comes true. Here are a few science fiction elements that made their mark in the literary world.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	1507 plays	Dec 26 22	1nn1
23	What's the Book Title #3? A selection of books with some very well known book titles. More than 15 books were made into movies and TV series with the same titles.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	3231 plays	Oct 15 22	sw11
24	More Confederacy of Dunces Return to New Orleans in the company of Ignatius Riley. Most clues are directly related to the book.	Literature	Harder	Large Puzzle	620 plays	Sep 20 22	ubermom
25	A Motley Assortment of Novels and Authors Another challenge from the Author's Lounge, which entailed placing the same letter in each of the corners. Mission accomplished, and with no annoying fillers.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	1378 plays	Sep 19 22	moonraker2
26	Once Upon a Fairy Tale All but seven of the clues are related to fairytales and other myths	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	3774 plays	Sep 12 22	Creedy
27	A Confederacy of Dunces Take a trip to New Orleans with Ignatius J. Riley. Most clues are direct references to the book.	Literature	Harder	Large Puzzle	671 plays	Sep 03 22	ubermom
28	A Literary Mix Written for a Phoenix Rising team challenge, this crossword covers a real mixture of literary works and genres.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	1806 plays	Aug 30 22	Fifiona81
29	A ceetee Miscellany Initially, a response to a challenge from Windrush, this effort gradually changed into something quite different. Included are several sci-fi references but other literary mentions as well.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	713 plays	Jul 23 22	ceetee
30	Penners of Plays, Poems and Prose How well do you know your authors? An eclectic mix of writers from Roman times to living scribes. There is one anagram for a rather obscure word. I hope you will enjoy solving the puzzle!	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	1174 plays	Jul 01 22	windrush

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