| ALLINGHAM | Margery ___, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig (9) |
| RENDELL | Ruth _; writer of detective fiction (7) |
| MARSH | Ngaio ___, writer of detective fiction (5) |
| NGAIO | First name of the author of detective novels including Surfeit of Lampreys and Clutch of Constables (5) |
| GAINSAYER | One denies advantage writer of detective stories detailed (9) |
| NAYSAYERS | People against any work by a writer of detective stories (3-6) |
| SARAPARETSKY | Author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision (4,8) |
| PARETSKY | Sara ?, author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision |
| RAYMONDCHANDLER | US author of detective novels (7,8) |
| GEORGES | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| SIMENON | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| CONNELLY | Michael, U.S. author of detective novels featuring Harry Bosch (8) |
| AGATHA | ___ Christie English writer of detective novels whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| RUTHRENDELL | British author of detective and thriller novels, some under the pseudonym Barbara Vine (4,7) |
| GEORGESSIMENON | Belgian-born French writer of detective novels (7,7) |
| DAYLEWIS | UK poet laureate from 1968-1972 who wrote the Nigel Strangeways series of detective novels under the pen name Nicholas Blake (3-5) |
| GRIMACES | The faces are stern and the case is packed (8) |
| WAYOUT | Leading by a mile and the exit is ahead (3,3,2,5) |
| INFRONT | Leading by a mile and the exit is ahead (3,3,2,5) |
| ENOLA | "The ___ Holmes Mysteries" (series of detective novels by Nancy Springer) |
