| CHANS | Author Earl Derr Biggers' detective and family |
| CHARLIECHAN | Detective hero of six novels (1925-32) by US author Earl Derr Biggers (7,4) |
| CHAN | Biggers detective |
| DERR | Author Earl ___ Biggers |
| ALIBI | Charlie Chan, Earl Derr Biggers' Chinese detective, advised, "Bad ... like dead fish, cannot stand t |
| EARL | ___ Derr Biggers |
| AKEY | Earl Derr Biggers's "The House Without ___" |
| BIGGERS | Earl Derr ___, creator of fictional detective Charlie Chan (7) |
| GODS | Turn detective and see Jupiter, Saturn and Mars, perhaps (4) |
| PEDIGREE | Family secure involvement of detective and free missing female (8) |
| WALLACE | King Kong co-creator who wrote detective and crime novels including the Four Just Men series, The Clue of the New Pin and The Lady of Ascot (7) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer and poet born Boston 1809, credited with inventing detective and science fiction genres (5,5,3) |
| KNOCKOUTGAS | Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and scifi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues |
| HOOCH | Turner and ____, 1989 comedy film about a detective and a dog (5) |
| RUTHRENDELL | British author of detective and thriller novels, some under the pseudonym Barbara Vine (4,7) |
| KASTNER | German author of the children's books Emil and the Detectives and The Parent Trap (5,7) |
| ERICH | German author of the children's books Emil and the Detectives and The Parent Trap (5,7) |
| DISTILLERS | They produce drinks for detective and ploughman in seconds (10) |
| ALBERTCAMPION | Detective and policeman struggling with brat (6,7) |
| KITSCH | True Detective and Lone Survivor actor, Taylor ___ (6) |
