| KILLINGDOLL | "The ... ...", Ruth Rendell novel featuring the character Pup Yearman (7,4) |
| GEORGEBAKER | Actor best known for playing Tiberius in I, Claudius and Inspector Wexford in The Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
| NOMORE | And 27 Ruth Rendell novel concerning the kidnapping of two children (2,4,5,4) |
| LIVEFLESH | Ruth Rendell novel whose protagonist is Victor Jenner (4,5) |
| MURDERBEING | And 14 1972 novel by Ruth Rendell (6,5,4,4) |
| BARBARAVINE | Occasional pseudonym of author Ruth Rendell (7,4) |
| CRIMEWRITER | Ruth Rendell, Agatha Christie or Peter James, for example (5,6) |
| PLASTICKY | “The gun [...] was a toy, as you could tell really by the ____ look of it” (Ruth Rendell crime novel) |
| VAULT | The ?, 2011 novel by Ruth Rendell |
| RENDELL | Crime drama series featuring George Baker as DCI Wexford, The Ruth ------- Mysteries (7) |
| LUCY | Ruth Ellis in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (4,7) |
| BOYNTON | Ruth Ellis in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story (4,7) |
| INTEARS | 'End -- --', 2005 novel by Ruth Rendell (2,5) |
| THIRTEEN | 2004 novel by Ruth Rendell (8,5,4) |
| ANEW | 1967 novel by Ruth Rendell (1,3,5,2,5) |
| PUTONBY | 1981 novel by Ruth Rendell (3,2,2,7) |
| THEKILLING | And 20 1984 novel by Ruth Rendell (3,7,4) |
| WEXFORD | Irish county - Ruth Rendell character (7) |
| ASIGHT | - - For Sore Eyes; psychological thriller novel by Ruth Rendell (1,5) |
| TIGERLILYS | See 62010 novel by Ruth Rendell |
