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Genre Junction

This crossword explores the different genres found in fiction writing.

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Grid
13 × 13 Maxi
Clues
62 8 themed
Average solve
17:44 463 solves
Rating
4.0 (7)
Published
15 Oct 2026 Fiction Thursday

The grid

Across

  • 1 Bashful (3)
  • 4 Conventional, informally (4)
  • 18 ___ fiction; "super-genre" narratives that depart from realism (11) · THEME

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Down

  • 1 Backtalk (4)
  • 2 Web address prefix (4)
  • 10 Coming-of-___ fiction; focuses on development from youth into adulthood (3) · THEME

+28 more in the app

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Romance is one of the most commercially successful genres; its focus on emotional relationships and hopeful endings keeps readers coming back for more.

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