| GONEGIRL | 2014 psychological thriller based on a Gillian Flynn novel |
| SHARPOBJECTS | HBO miniseries based on a Gillian Flynn novel ... and what the starred clues' answers are? |
| BABY | With 7-Across, psychological thriller based on Richard Gadd's experiences that debuted on Netflix |
| CRIMENOVEL | Many a Gillian Flynn work |
| GONE | ___ Girl 2014 psychological thriller directed by David Fincher that follows a man who becomes a suspect after his wife disappears |
| ROSAMUND | Star of the 2014 psychological thriller Gone Girl, -------- Pike (8) |
| DARKLY | Richard Linklater's animated sci-fi thriller, based on a Philip K. Dick novel, A Scanner - (6) |
| RUNAWAYJURY | John Cusack thriller based on a Grisham novel |
| PELICAN | Thriller based on a John Grisham novel, The ... Brief (7) |
| REBECCA | 1940 Alfred Hitchcock thriller based on a Daphne du Maurier novel (7) |
| ALL | Ben Affleck thriller based on a Tom Clancy novel, The Sum of ___ Fears |
| DROWNINGPOOL | 1975 Paul Newman thriller based on a Ross Macdonald novel (with "The") |
| JAWS | Spielberg thriller based on a Benchley novel |
| JACKREACHER | Action-thriller based on a Lee Child novel * (11) |
| HORNETS | Crime thriller based on a Stieg Larsson novel, The Girl Who Kicked the ___ Nest (6'1) |
| SILENCE | Anthony Hopkins thriller based on a novel by Thomas Harris, The - - - Of The Lambs (7) |
| ARGO | 2012 thriller based on a Carter-era hostage crisis |
| HEARTS | Anthony Hopkins mystery thriller based on a Stephen King novella, ...in Atlantis (6) |
| XFILES | 1998 film thriller based on a TV series, with "The" |
| ROPE | 1948 Alfred Hitchcock film thriller based on a stage play by Patrick Hamilton |
