| COCKROBIN | Who Killed _ _, English nursery rhyme published in the 18th Century (4,5) |
| COCKHORSE | "Ride a ___ ___ to Banbury Cross": line of English nursery rhyme published in 1784 (9) |
| DON | Terry Gilliam movie, The Man Who Killed _ _ (3,7) |
| QUIXOTE | Terry Gilliam movie, The Man Who Killed _ _ (3,7) |
| GRUNDY | Solomon ____, English nursery rhyme about a man who lives his entire life in a week (6) |
| IVES | "As I was going to St. ___ ..." (English nursery rhyme) |
| ALITTLEPRETTYPOCKETBOOK | Collection of rhymes published in 1744, considered the first volume for children |
| COCK | "Who killed ___ Robin?" |
| THECAT | "Curiosity killed ___ ___" ? (3,3) |
| JACKSPRAT | Character in an English nursery rhyme |
| DEQUINCEY | Thomas _ _, English essayist best known for his Confessions Of An English Opium-eater (1821) |
| KIDNAPPED | Novel by Robert Louis Stevenson first published in the magazine Young Folks in 1886 |
| BEARDSLEY | Inspired by Japanese woodcuts, his drawing The Toilet of Salome was first published in the 1894 edition of Oscar Wilde's Salome. |
| HEYDIDDLEDIDDLE | Traditional English nursery rhyme in which the cow jumped over the moon (3,6,6) |
| OLDKINGCOLE | Traditional English nursery rhyme first published c. 1708 in William King's 'Useful Transactions in Philosophy' (3,4,4) |
| WHOKILLED | With 59-Across, old English nursery rhyme being investigated by the detectives in this puzzle |
| ASONG | English nursery rhyme that first appeared in print in 1744, Sing ... Of Sixpence (1,4) |
| LITTLEMISSMUFFET | English nursery rhyme character who "sat on a tuffet" |
| OLIVER | John _ _ _ _ _ _ , English comedian who voiced Vanity Smurf in the 2011 film The Smurfs (6) |
| POPGOES | English nursery rhyme, beginning "Half a pound of tuppeny rice..." (3,4,3,6) |
