| THINMAN | Hammett mystery, with 'The' |
| DAIN | "The ___ Curse": Hammett mystery |
| ABCMURDERS | Christie mystery, with "The" |
| FIVEREDHERRINGS | Dorothy L. Sayers mystery, with "The" |
| MURDERSINTHERUEMORGUE | 1841 Poe mystery, with "The" |
| UNTANGLE | Solve the mystery with one nice twist (8) |
| ENOLA | ___ Holmes (2020 mystery with Millie Bobby Brown in the title role) |
| EXPLAINAWAY | Dispel the mystery with a new way to pay off an axil (7,4) |
| HERALIBI | 1989 comedy-mystery with Tom Selleck |
| POCKETFULLOFRYE | Agatha Christie mystery, with "A" |
| SYMMETRY | It shows balance of mystery with 'M' (8) |
| OUT | "Knives ___" (2019 comedy/mystery with an upcoming sequel) |
| SAFE | Crime mystery with Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds and Vera Farmiga, ___ House (4) |
| SANDLER | Adam _, starred in Murder Mystery with Jennifer Aniston (7) |
| DEATHONTHENILE | 1978 murder-mystery with Peter Ustinov as Poirot (5,2,3,4) |
| ENEMY | 2013 mystery with Jake Gyllenhaal in dual roles (5) |
| HOUSE | Crime mystery with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds, Safe ___ |
| MALTESEFALCON | The ..., a 1930 detective novel by Dashiell Hammett with Sam Spade as the main character (7,6) |
| CONTINENTALOP | Hammett detective story, with The |
| FATMAN | Old Dashiell Hammett radio series, with "The" |
