| RUBY | Jack ---, nightclub owner convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald (4) |
| NUIT | Jack _, nightclub owner convicted of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald (4) |
| OPIE | John, Cornish painter of The Murder of Rizzio (4) |
| ROPE | One of the murder weapons in Cluedo. (4) |
| ACME | Company at the center of the murder in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" |
| PIPE | One of the murder weapons in the movie "Clue" |
| USMC | Branch of the United States Armed Forces in which Lee Harvey Oswald served (1,1,1,1) |
| MINSK | 1960-62 home of Lee Harvey Oswald |
| MAYE | OF Lee 1959-71 |
| JACKRUBY | Nightclub owner who shot Lee Harvey Oswald in November 1963 (4,4) |
| AMANDA | Woman acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher (6,4) |
| DAUGHTER | The ___, crime thriller in which Richard III is exonerated of the murders of his nephews (8,2,4) |
| OJSIMPSON | Former American footballer acquitted of the murder of his wife in 1995 (1,1,7) |
| BERKELEY | Gloucestershire castle, scene of the murder of Edward II in 1327 (8) |
| ALIBI | "I was out of town at the time of the murder," e.g. |
| POIROT | Who solves the mystery of the Murder on the Orient Express ?(6) |
| LEEHARVEY | The alleged killer of President John F Kennedy, ... Oswald, was himself executed by nightclub owner Jack Ruby in November, 1963 (3,6) |
| MAGEE | Patrick __, Irish republican convicted of the 1984 Brighton bombing (5) |
| ALIBIS | "I was home asleep at the time of the murder" and others |
| NOBODY | Insignificant person making the solving of the murder very difficult! (6) |
