| LIGHTINAUGUST | 1932 novel of crime and race by 40-Across |
| DOOM | Ada -, owner of Cold Comfort Farm in the 1932 novel of that name by Stella Gibbons (4) |
| DOSTOEVSKY | Surname of the Russian author of 'Crime and Punishment' and 'The Idiot' (10) |
| PENOLOGY | What is the study of the punishment of crime and of prison management? (8) |
| FINNISH | A race - the end of a race, by the sound of it |
| LAWANDORDER | Strict control of crime and repression of violence (3,3,5) |
| OPENINGSENTENCE | At the top of page one of "Crime And Punishment"? (7,8) |
| EYSENCK | Psychologist who wrote The Dynamics of Anxiety and Hysteria and Race, Intelligence and Education (7) |
| OFFA | The starting of a race by a king of old |
| LINES | Script for one part of Crime and Punishment in the school (5) |
| DENOUNCE | Condemn place of crime and swoop, removing leader |
| PARTV | Antepenultimate section of "Crime and Punishment" |
| STRAP | Roles reversed in second part of 'Crime and Punishment' (5) |
| FYODORDOSTOEVSKY | Author of Crime and Punishment |
| PENAL | Of crime and punishment (5) |
| SHEPARD | Sam, playwright whose works include The Tooth of Crime and Buried Child (7) |
| MAGOG | Giant in folklore who, with Gog, survived the destruction of their race by Brutus, legendary founder of Britain |
| RIPON | Market town and cathedral city -and race course -in North Yorkshire (5) |
| FERRARI | Maker of sports cars and race cars with a prancing stallion logo |
| GENERALLY | Wilder race, by and large (9) |
