| BERMUDATRIANGLE | Area of mystery in novel tangible with a murder (7,8) |
| BASICINSTINCT | 1992 crime thriller starring Michael Douglas as a detective who becomes involved with a murder suspect: 2 wds. |
| ARIA | "News has a kind of mystery" in "Nixon in China," e.g. |
| YASHMAK | Muslim dress remains a source of mystery in conversation |
| SOMETHINGSAFOOT | "There's mystery in the air!" |
| NGAIO | Marsh of mystery in Goa, perhaps? (5) |
| ELIZABETHHURLEY | Leading lady in "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" (1997): 2 wds. |
| ANGELOFTHENORTH | Another length of mystery on statue (5,2,3,5) |
| SCHOOLCAFETERIA | Purveyor of mystery meat, some say |
| IAN | ___ Beale, has been at the centre of a long-running murder mystery in EastEnders (3) |
| PAREE | City rhymed with 'mystery' in a WWI song |
| HOWCATCHEM | Mystery in which, unlike in a whodunnit, the perpetrator is revealed at the beginning |
| DRHOUSE | Titular solver of many a medical mystery in 2000s TV |
| THEDARKWIVES | Best-selling 2024 Ann Cleeves murder mystery in which a teenager is the main suspect: 3 wds. |
| THERAGINGSTORM | Best-selling 2023 Ann Cleeves murder mystery in which the victim is a sailor: 3 wds. |
| YETI | So far one remains a mystery in the Himalayas (4) |
| ENIGMA | A mystery in game is resolved |
| BURNAFTERREADING | *"The only mystery in this novel is why I finished it" |
| ALHASKEY | Doctor who has been investigating a spooky mystery in Letherbridge (2,6) |
| WHODUNNIT | Murder mystery in which nun hid two jockeys (9) |
