Read & Rot Winter 2026

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Across
  1. 1. The surname of two Hobbits who were conned into adventures bigger than their wildest dreams
  2. 5. Murder on the _____ Express
  3. 8. The name of the game of the pursuit between hunter and hunted
  4. 10. A genre of Quest-driven storytelling at the heart of the plot
  5. 12. The titular nosy noble lady protagonist, who volunteers as a matchmaker
  6. 13. The name of the play of which the movie adaptation is called My Fair Lady
  7. 14. Trope of a hero singled out by fate
  8. 15. A genre of clues, suspects, and secrets where every detail matters
  9. 18. "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..."
  10. 20. A genre that is often tragic, sometimes comedic
  11. 21. The sparkliest of vampires
Down
  1. 2. A genre of speculative futures and technology
  2. 3. Italian city of love and death from Romeo & Juliet
  3. 4. War of the ____; the real English civil war that is inspiration to many fantasy novels
  4. 6. Easter egg hunt in virtual reality
  5. 7. A genre of happily ever afters and happy for nows
  6. 9. The first case of Sherlock Holmes
  7. 11. The trope describing when animosity sparks attraction
  8. 16. The field of science that the protagonist in The Martian specialized in
  9. 17. The period of time in American history that Gone with the Wind took place in
  10. 19. A genre in which one experiences escapism into other worlds usually full of magic
  11. 22. A genre of stories rooted in the past