| POISONER | Aunt in "Arsenic and Old Lace," e.g. |
| COMEDY | Broadway's "Arsenic and Old Lace," e.g. |
| OLDLACE | "One of our gentlemen found time to say, 'How delicious!' before he died," explained Cary Grant's murderous aunt in Arsenic And ... (3,4) |
| ADAIR | Jean who played Aunt Martha in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| MORTIMER | ___ Brewster, Cary Grant's role in Arsenic and Old Lace |
| AUNTS | Abby and Martha, to Mortimer, in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| CHARGE | Cry in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| POISONED | Like the victims in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| AUNT | Either Abby or Martha in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| ELDERWINE | *Potent potable in "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
| SCENARIO | Plot and background of Arsenic and Old Lace? (8) |
| CARYGRANT | North by Northwest and Arsenic and Old Lace actor (4,5) |
| SPINSTER | "Arsenic and Old Lace" aunt, e.g. |
| MORTIMERBREWSTER | Central character in the 1944 film Arsenic and Old Lace (8,8) |
| RETICELLA | Lines for last two characters in mostly silent start of Arsenic and Old Lace |
| MASSEY | Raymond --, actor who played Jonathan Brewster in the 1944 film 'Arsenic and Old Lace' (6) |
| FRANKCAPRA | "Arsenic and Old Lace" director |
| DNIWOWSEAT | "Arsenic and Old Lace" prop |
| CAPRA | "Arsenic and Old Lace" director, 1944 |
| LORRE | Peter of "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
