| BIGSLEEP | 'The -', Raymond Chandler's first novel to feature the detective Philip Marlowe (3,5) |
| THEBIGSLEEP | The first novel to feature the detective Philip Marlowe (3,3,5) |
| THEBLUEDAHLIA | Raymond Chandler's first original screenplay, for the film that marked the third pairing of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake |
| RAYMONDCHANDLER | Novelist and screenwriter noted for creating the detective Philip Marlowe (7,8) |
| MURDER | First of Agatha Christie's crime novels to feature the character Miss Jane Marple, published in 1930 (6,2,3,8) |
| ATTHEVICARAGE | First of Agatha Christie's crime novels to feature the character Miss Jane Marple, published in 1930 (6,2,3,8) |
| SAM | Central character in the Raymond Chandler novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| SPADE | Across Central character in the Raymond Chandler novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| RED | ___ Dragon, the first novel to feature Hannibal Lecter; colour (3) |
| STUDY | A - in Scarlet; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first novel to feature Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson (5) |
| ROMANO | The "Raymond" that everybody loves |
| BROOCH | Bravo! Joey & Chandler's first two appearances in cameo? (6) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond ___, crime writer who created the private detective Philip Marlowe |
| SAMSPADE | Leading character in Raymond Chandler's novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| DOGTOOTH | Norman architectural feature, the same to put in much of Gothic (8) |
| GUARDIANS | ___ Of The Galaxy, first film to feature the gang of misfits of the title, with the voice of 14A as Groot (9) |
| DESPERADO | The Eagles' second album and the only one to feature the band on the cover |
| NORWEGIANWOOD | 1965 Beatles song from the Rubber Soul album which was the first to feature the sitar (9,4) |
| THELONGGOODBYE | 1953 novel by Raymond Chandler featuring detective Philip Marlowe |
| APOSTLES | Victorian coastal feature, the Twelve ... (8) |
