| THEHIGH | 1942 Raymond Chandler novel featuring Philip Marlowe (3,4,6) |
| FAREWELLMYLOVELY | Raymond Chandler's second novel featuring Philip Marlowe |
| LADYINTHELAKE | Classic 1947 film noir adapted from a Raymond Chandler novel (4,2,3,4) |
| THELONGGOODBYE | One of the novels by Raymond Chandler featuring Philip Marlowe (3,4,7) |
| THELONG | (and 5 Across) Confused boy then googled "Raymond Chandler's last novel featuring Philip Marlowe" (3,4,4-3) |
| SAM | Central character in the Raymond Chandler novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| THEBIGSLEEP | Raymond Chandler novel, Bogart film |
| LONG | The ___ Goodbye, Raymond Chandler novel (4) |
| SLEEP | The Big ___, Raymond Chandler novel (5) |
| SAMSPADE | Leading character in Raymond Chandler's novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| THEHIGHWINDOW | 1942 novel by Raymond Chandler |
| SPADE | Across Central character in the Raymond Chandler novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| PHILIPMARLOWE | Private detective created by Raymond Chandler in the novel The Big Sleep |
| OFHUMANBONDAGE | 1915 Somerset Maugham novel featuring Philip Carey |
| THELITTLESISTER | 1949 Raymond Chandler novel |
| FAREWELL | 1940 Raymond Chandler novel (8,2,6) |
| MYLOVELY | 1940 Raymond Chandler novel (8,2,6) |
| THEBLUEDAHLIA | Raymond Chandler's first original screenplay, for the film that marked the third pairing of Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake |
| BIGSLEEP | 'The -', Raymond Chandler's first novel to feature the detective Philip Marlowe (3,5) |
| PRIVATEEYE | Investigator such as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe or Veronica Mars (7,3) |