| EARLRAY | James --- ---, criminal who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968 (4,3) |
| JAMESEARLRAY | Criminal and fugitive who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr in 1968 (5,4,3) |
| MORIARTY | Professor James, criminal mastermind and archenemy of Sherlock Holmes (8) |
| OYELOWO | David ___, actor who portrayed Dr Martin Luther King, Jr in 2014 biopic Selma (7) |
| JEFFREY | ___ Wright Westworld actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2001 TV film Boycott |
| JACKSON | Samuel L. ___ Pulp Fiction actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2011 stage production Mountaintop |
| GUITEAU | Charles J, lawyer who assassinated US president James A Garfield in 1881 (7) |
| PRINCIP | Bosnian Serb nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 (7,7) |
| GAVRILO | Bosnian Serb nationalist who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in 1914 (7,7) |
| WINFIELD | Paul ___ Sounder actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 TV miniseries King |
| DAVIDOYELOWO | "Interstellar" actor who played Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in "Selma" |
| ESCOBAR | Colombian drug lord, reputedly the world's richest criminal, who was killed by police in 1993 (7) |
| AVENGER | A very green criminal who wants to get even (7) |
| VILLAIN | A criminal who is conceited about being sick (7) |
| BURGLAR | Criminal who illegally enters a building (7) |
| SPEEDER | Criminal who's too quick touching bottoms up |
| YOBA | Malik ___ New York Undercover actor who played Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2013 TV film Betty & Coretta |
| JEFFREYWRIGHT | "American Fiction" actor who played Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 2001 HBO movie "Boycott": 2 wds. |
| ANTHONYMACKIE | "Avengers: Infinity War" actor who played Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 2016 HBO movie "All the Way": 2 wds. |
| SAMUELLJACKSON | "Pulp Fiction" actor who played Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the 2011 Broadway play "The Mountaintop": 3 wds. |
