| ALLEYN | Roderick, detective creation of Ngaio Marsh (6) |
| POIROT | Belgian detective creation of Agatha Christie (7,6) |
| HOLMES | Detective creation of Arthur Conan Doyle (8,6) |
| ENTERA | "___ Murderer": Ngaio Marsh mystery |
| INROME | 1970 Ngaio Marsh tale featuring Inspector Alleyn (4,2,4) |
| ERLE | Contemporary of Ngaio and Agatha |
| AMANLAYDEAD | First of the novels in the Roderick Alleyn detective series by New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh, published in 1934 (1,3,3,4) |
| PHOTOFINISH | 1980 novel by Ngaio Marsh (5-6) |
| FALSESCENT | 1960 Ngaio Marsh novel featuring Roderick Alleyn |
| RODERICK | ____ Alleyn, fictional detective created by Ngaio Marsh (8) |
| FATHERBROWN | Amateur detective creation of G. K. Chesterton (6,5) |
| MISSMARPLE | Amateur detective creation of Agatha Christie (4,6) |
| HERCULE | Belgian detective creation of Agatha Christie (7,6) |
| SHERLOCK | Detective creation of Arthur Conan Doyle (8,6) |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Detective creation of Agatha Christie (7,6) |
| ELLERYQUEEN | Detective creation of Frederic Dannay and Manfred B Lee (6,5) |
| VINTAGE | Murder; novel in Ngaio Marsh Roderick Alleyn series between Death in Ecstasy and Artists in Crime (7 |
| OPENINGNIGHT | The 16th novel by Ngaio Marsh to feature Roderick Alleyn, published in 1951 |
| LIGHTTHICKENS | 1982 Ngaio Marsh novel whose title comes from "Macbeth" |
| QUINQUAGESIMA | Religious Sunday masque I composed includes introductions from inimitable Ngaio Marsh |
