| DUPIN | Chevalier Auguste, amateur detective in Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' (5) |
| ORANG | Animal in Poe's "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
| PETER | Amateur detective in stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (4,5,6) |
| QUOTH | Verb in Poe's "The Raven" |
| USHER | One leads the way in Poe's house? (5) |
| HARTS | Jonathan and Jennifer (Amateur detectives on '80s television played by Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers) |
| NANCYDREW | Amateur detective in 1967's "The Clue in the Crossword Cipher" |
| EDGARALLANPOE | Writer of The Murders in the Rue Morgue (5,5,3) |
| POE | Author of the first detective story The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| CULPRIT | The orangutan, in "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" |
| RUE | Edgar Allan Poe's "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" |
| MURDERER | [spoiler alert] The orangutan, in Poe's story about the Rue Morgue |
| LORD | Amateur detective in stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (4,5,6) |
| WIMSEY | Amateur detective in stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (4,5,6) |
| LORDPETER | Amateur detective in stories by Dorothy L. Sayers (4,5) |
| ORANGUTAN | Killer in 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' |
| APE | Beast in The Murders in the Rue Morgue |
| EAP | "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" author's initials |
| MORGUE | Poe's 'The Murders in the Rue __' |
| ANTI | "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" killer |
