| AKEY | Charlie Chan mystery "The House Without ___" |
| CHINESEPARROT | Subject of a 1926 Charlie Chan mystery |
| AVIEW | Tommy Stinson "My home without ___" |
| CHAN | Charlie, detective creation of Earl Biggers who features in the novel The House Without A Key (4) |
| VANDAL | Driven to The House without single hooligan (6) |
| SCOTFREE | Person from Glasgow falls on the house without a scratch (4-4) |
| ECO | Italian author of the historical murder mystery, The Name Of The Rose, Umberto ... |
| MOUSETRAP | The -; Agatha Christie mystery; the world's longest-running play (9) |
| TRAIN | Emily Blunt mystery, The Girl on the |
| AFTER | Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges mystery, The Morning ... (5) |
| SLEEP | Humphrey Bogart mystery, "The Big -" |
| BLAIR | Horror mystery, The ... Witch Project (5) |
| CARR | John Dickson -, author of 1935 mystery The Hollow Man (4) |
| NINTH | Johnny Depp mystery, The ___ Gate |
| STEPS | Alfred Hitchcock mystery, The 39 ___ |
| BURBS | Tom Hanks comedy mystery, The ___ |
| WEIRDEST | Ed writes mystery, the strangest (8) |
| LOCHNESSMONSTER | Scottish mystery the McLorens' sons resolved (4,4,7) |
| POT | Vessel used to remedy the deficiencies of a house without adequate plumbing, chamber ... |
| AUTHOR | Puts pen to paper in chapter house without speech (6) |