| SARAPARETSKY | Author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision |
| PARETSKY | Sara ?, author of detective novels Toxic Shock and Tunnel Vision |
| NGAIO | First name of the author of detective novels including Surfeit of Lampreys and Clutch of Constables (5) |
| ALLINGHAM | Margery ?, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig (9) |
| RAYMONDCHANDLER | US author of detective novels (7,8) |
| GEORGES | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| SIMENON | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| CONNELLY | Michael, U.S. author of detective novels featuring Harry Bosch (8) |
| GEORGESSIMENON | Belgian-born French writer of detective novels (7,7) |
| AGATHA | ___ Christie English writer of detective novels whose books have sold more than 2 billion copies |
| RUTHRENDELL | British author of detective and thriller novels, some under the pseudonym Barbara Vine (4,7) |
| SYNDROMES | Down's and toxic shock, for example |
| REGINALDHILL | Author of detective stories featuring Superintendent Dalziel and Inspector Pascoe |
| CHRISTIE | Agatha ______, , writer of detective fiction, creator of Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple? (8) |
| DARTFORD | Site of a combined Thames bridge-and-tunnel crossing (8) |
| WADHURST | Station and tunnel between Tunbridge Wells and St Leonards (8) |
| HONITON | Station and tunnel west of Axminster (7) |
| DAINTON | Summit and tunnel south-west of Newton Abbot (7) |
| VIWARSHAWSKI | Fictional character in a series of detective novels and short stories written by Sara Paretsky, played on film by Kathleen Turner |
| SIGHT | Express sadness over onset of tunnel vision |
