| WORCESTER | Killer in film avoiding northern city |
| ANASTASIA | Famous Russian, as presented in Disney film, avoiding capital of France (9) |
| PIC | Shot lengthy film, avoiding Spain (3) |
| ROTIFER | Tiny creature avoiding northern frontier resort (7) |
| MANITOBA | Fellow reaches Italian port, avoiding northern province |
| SCANDINAVIA | Study sounds of birds avoiding northern part of Europe |
| HUMBER | Henry leads group avoiding northern English estuary (6) |
| HERBICIDE | Police in Beetle film killer in garden (9) |
| ICEMAN | In LA, professional killer in charge upset celebrity (3,3) |
| NINJA | Killer in position in Jamaica |
| BATES | Crane's killer, in a 1960 film |
| FRIPPERY | Serial killer in outskirts of Finchley in showy clothes (8) |
| ORANGUTAN | Killer in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
| KIMBLE | David Janssen played Doctor Richard ..., running from the police in search of a one-armed killer in |
| NICHOLSON | Jack, US actor who made his debut in The Cry Baby Killer in 1958 (9) |
| DUTCHELMDISEASE | Killer in wood, wife smiled devilishly in repose (5,3,7) |
| BOSTON | Tony Curtis starred as an infamous killer in the 1968 film The ... Strangler |
| STRANGLER | Tony Curtis starred as an infamous killer in the 1968 film The Boston ... |
| SCAR | Mufasa's brother (and killer) in "The Lion King" |
| CAIN | Abel's killer, in the Bible |
