| NGAIOMARSH | Creator of the "gentleman detective" Roderick Alleyn |
| NGAIO | New Zealand mystery writer who created the gentleman detective Roderick Alleyn, _ Marsh (5) |
| HORNUNG | EW ---, creator of the gentleman thief Raffles |
| AMANLAYDEAD | First of the novels in the Roderick Alleyn detective series by New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh, published in 1934 (1,3,3,4) |
| MARSH | Who invented Roderick Alleyn, the fictional policeman hero of 32 of her detective novels? (5,5) |
| OPENINGNIGHT | The 16th novel by Ngaio Marsh to feature Roderick Alleyn, published in 1951 |
| FALSESCENT | 1960 Ngaio Marsh novel featuring Roderick Alleyn |
| THOMASCHIPPENDALE | Author of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director (1754) |
| NEYO | "Year of the Gentleman" R&B singer |
| VINTAGE | Murder; novel in Ngaio Marsh Roderick Alleyn series between Death in Ecstasy and Artists in Crime (7 |
| ASTA | Dog for a "gentleman detective" |
| LORDPETERWIMSEY | Dorothy L. Sayers' gentleman detective (4,5,6) |
| IDRISELBA | He plays up-and-coming talented gentleman detective |
| WHIMSY | Fanciful behaviour in old gentleman detective, it's said (6) |
| WIMSEY | Lord Peter ****** , gentleman detective created by Dorothy L Sayers (6) |
| DULWICH | District in London's Southwark, site of a public school founded by Edward Alleyn as the College of God's Gift and of a picture gallery designed by Sir John Soane (7) |
| AGATHA | -- Troy, character in the TV series 'The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries', played by Belinda Lang (6) |
| HENSLOWE | Theatre-owner and father-in-law of actor Edward Alleyn whose diary is a valuable source of information about Elizabethan theatrical life (8) |
| RODERICK | ____ Alleyn, fictional detective created by Ngaio Marsh (8) |
| SPECTATOR | Inspector Alleyn temporarily leads the witness (9) |
