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By the Seat of Your ... Crossword

Try your hand at the crossword featured in the Potpourri for the Pen column in the May/June 2019 issue of Writer's Digest.

Try your hand at the crossword featured in the Potpourri for the Pen column in the May/June 2019 issue of Writer's Digest. Scroll down the page further for answers to the puzzle.

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For more literary puzzles like this every weekend, plus quotes and writing prompts every weekday, check out the Writer's Digest Daily Calendar.

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Puzzle Answers:
Across
1. Morrison
2. Bildungsroman
5. Pantser
6. NancyDrew

Down
2. Onomatopoeia
3. Query

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