Literature Crossword Puzzles and Crosswords

1	Real and Fictional Literary Characters #2 Literary characters from Shakespeare's plays and other real and fictional characters.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	6437 plays	Aug 28 25	sw11
2	Colorful Literature As part of the Phoenix Rising crossword challenge, a spectrum of colors appears in this puzzle focused on titles and authors representing varied hues.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	662 plays	Jul 25 25	pusdoc
3	Read About it There are several references to different genres of literature in this puzzle. Hope you enjoy it (US English)	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	583 plays	Jun 27 25	bigwoo
4	Mystery Box (6) 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	617 plays	May 16 25	pollucci19
5	Repository of Shakespeare This puzzle explores the characters and settings within the works of William Shakespeare. Best of luck.	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	711 plays	May 02 25	pollucci19
6	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	838 plays	Jan 02 25	pollucci19
7	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	745 plays	Dec 19 24	jonnowales
8	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	742 plays	Dec 19 24	BigTriviaDawg
9	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	664 plays	Dec 14 24	psnz
10	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	653 plays	Nov 07 24	pollucci19
11	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	683 plays	Oct 31 24	pollucci19
12	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	807 plays	Oct 23 24	pollucci19
13	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	466 plays	Sep 29 24	pollucci19
14	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	1741 plays	Sep 02 24	sw11
15	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	1156 plays	Aug 05 24	moonraker2
16	What's the Book Title #5? Another series on a list of books with some written by well-known authors.	Literature	Harder	Medium Puzzle	2376 plays	Apr 14 24	sw11
17	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	950 plays	Mar 21 24	ceetee
18	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	1806 plays	Mar 08 24	psnz
19	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	2042 plays	Jan 13 24	lordprescott
20	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	1277 plays	Dec 08 23	psnz
21	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	2321 plays	Oct 25 23	sw11
22	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	2000 plays	Jul 09 23	sw11
23	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	2725 plays	Mar 29 23	VBookWorm
24	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	3371 plays	Mar 24 23	sw11
25	Literary Characters and Authors A crossword full of characters and authors from literature. Are you able to unearth them all?	Literature	Harder	Small Puzzle	3642 plays	Feb 02 23	moonraker2
26	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	738 plays	Feb 01 23	ubermom
27	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	1712 plays	Dec 26 22	1nn1
28	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	3473 plays	Oct 15 22	sw11
29	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	779 plays	Sep 20 22	ubermom
30	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	1590 plays	Sep 19 22	moonraker2

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