Edgar Allan Poe

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Across
  1. 4. of Virginia Poe briefly attended the University of _________ but had to drop out due to stepfather’s gambling debts
  2. 5. Poe’s story: “The Fall of the House of _____ ”
  3. 6. Poe’s first love was Sarah ______ Royster
  4. 10. For decades, the “Poe Toaster” used to leave on Poe’s grave each year on his birthday
  5. 12. Poe is known as the Master of _____
  6. 13. Poe’s story: “The Tell-Tale _____”
  7. 14. Poe’s mother, stepmother, and wife all die from this disease
  8. 18. It is rumored that Poe would let a sit on his shoulder as he wrote
  9. 20. Virginia Clemm was Poe’s wife and his _____ (yikes!)
  10. 21. The ______ is considered Poe’s most successful work
  11. 22. Poe was adopted (though not officially) by John and Frances
Down
  1. 1. Poe is also known as the Father of _____
  2. 2. The only word the antagonist of #10 says is
  3. 3. Poe’s mother’s job
  4. 7. Poe’s story: “The Cask of _____”
  5. 8. Poe worked as editor of the Southern Literary
  6. 9. Complete the first lines of #20 across: “Once upon a midnight _____”
  7. 11. Poe briefly attended _____ Point prior to publishing his works
  8. 15. Poe’s birthplace
  9. 16. Poe’s sister’s name
  10. 17. Month of Poe’s birth
  11. 19. Where is Poe buried?