| MARYASTOR | "The Maltese Falcon" co-star |
| ASTOR | "The Maltese Falcon" co-star Mary |
| PROP | The Maltese Falcon in "The Maltese Falcon," e.g. |
| LORRE | "The Maltese Falcon" star |
| FATMAN | 'The Maltese Falcon' villain, with 'the' |
| HAMMETT | Dashiell, author of the novel The Maltese Falcon (7) |
| COWAN | Manitoba town; or, "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) star Jerome |
| GUTMAN | Casper, character in the film The Maltese Falcon (6) |
| DANIELS | Bebe who co-starred in "The Maltese Falcon," 1931 |
| SPADE | Dashiell Hammett's detective, Sam ..., comments on the Maltese Falcon that it's the "stuff that dre |
| SAMSPADE | Which private detective was on the trail of the Maltese Falcon? (3,5) |
| SAM | Central character in the Raymond Chandler novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| HUSTON | Director and screenwriter of The Maltese Falcon whose grandson starred in the 2016 film Ben-Hur (6) |
| DASHIELL | _ Hammett, US author of the detective novel The Maltese Falcon (1930) |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | Author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man (8,7) |
| KASPERGUTMAN | "The Maltese Falcon" heavy |
| BOGIE | 'The Maltese Falcon' actor, informally |
| GREENSTREET | A heavy in "The Maltese Falcon" |
| ELISHA | Actor Cook Jr. of The Maltese Falcon |
| SYDNEYGSTREET | Actor in "The Maltese Falcon" and "Casablanca" |
