| MARPLE | Agatha Christie character Miss ___ |
| POIROT | Agatha Christie character, Detective ___ |
| HERCULE | Agatha Christie character, - - - Poirot |
| MISSMARPLE | Agatha Christie character |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Agatha Christie character in "Death on the Nile" and "Curtain": 2 wds. |
| MISS | _ Marple, Agatha Christie character whose incarnations on screen have included Joan Hickson (4) |
| ARIADNE | First name of the Agatha Christie character Mrs Oliver (7) |
| MEAD | St Mary -; fictional home of Agatha Christie's character Jane Marple (4) |
| 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) |
| ANNIE | Musical with the character Miss Hannigan |
| LENYA | "Mack the Knife" character, Miss Lotte ___ |
| NUN | "Madeline" character Miss Clavel, e.g. |
| MISMARPLE | Bad Christie character? |
| ESA | Christie character |
| MRSMILLER | Julie Christie character in a 1971 western |
| RIGHT | Anthony Trollope novel featuring the character Miss Jemima Stanbury (2,4,2,3,5) |
| HEKNEWHEWAS | Anthony Trollope novel featuring the character Miss Jemima Stanbury (2,4,2,3,5) |
| MATILDA | Roald Dahl novel in which the character Miss Trunchbull appears (7) |
| THETURN | novella by Henry James featuring the character Miss Jessel (3,4) |