Showtime series named after an old fiction genre Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PENNYDREADFUL Showtime series named after an old fiction genre (13) New York Times Oct 5, 2015
3% ITS "-- showtime!" (3) Eugene Sheffer Dec 6, 2025
3% ALT Prefix in some genre names (3) LA Times Daily Dec 5, 2025
2% GLEE Hit TV series set at the fictional William McKinley High School (4) New York Times Jan 8, 2026
2% URIAH Fictional Heep (5) Newsday Jan 7, 2026
2% OCTAGON Name boring old Conservative figure (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 7, 2026
2% SCIFI Futuristic genre (5) LA Times Daily Jan 5, 2026
2% OCULIST An old name for an ophthalmologist (7) The Times Specialist Sunday Jan 4, 2026
2% LIE Work of fiction? (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 3, 2026
2% OLIVER Twist of fiction (6) Newsday Jan 1, 2026

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