| CHRISTIE | Known as the "Queen of Crime", the bestselling novelist of all time (8) |
| AGATHA | ___ Christie, English crime writer who is the bestselling novelist of all time (6) |
| AGATHACHRISTIE | Best-selling novelist of all time, according to the Guinness Book of World Records |
| NGAIOMARSH | NZ writer known as one of the "Queens of Crime", Dame ... (5,5) |
| MARSH | Ngaio _; New Zealand writer known as one of the queens of crime (5) |
| NGAIO | Mystery writer Marsh known as one of the "Queens of Crime" |
| NICHOLASEVANS | English journalist and novelist whose 1995 novel is one of the bestselling books of all time (8,5) |
| WALL | The ___, one of the bestselling albums of all time, released 1979 (4) |
| DOROTHY | ____ L. Sayers, English detective novelist remembered as one of the four 'Queens of Crime' (7) |
| LOCUS | From "place", the site or scene of any happening or crime; the position of a gene on a chromosome; a set of mathematical points; a passage in writing; or, whereabouts generally (5) |
| THEFTBOOT | Corrupt dealing with crime, the French abandoning the leader of the march? (9) |
| STEEL | Author of 179 books including A Perfect Stranger and Friends Forever ; one of the bestselling writers of all time (5) |
| LEGO | From the Danish meaning "play well", construction set which is one of the bestselling toys of all time (4) |
| GREENWAY | Former Devonshire home of 22 Down's "Queen of Crime"; or, as two words, a verdant or grassy rural track for cyclists or walkers (8) |
| POIROT | Fictional Belgian detective in "Queen of Crime" Agatha Christie's stories including The Mysterious Affair at Styles, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile (6) |
| RUBIKSCUBE | 3-D puzzle; one of the bestselling toys of all time (6,4) |
| RODSTEWART | British rock singer, born 1945, one of the bestselling artists of all time (3,7) |
| SEWELL | Author whose classic tale Black Beauty is one of the bestselling children's books of all time (6) |
| WHITECHRISTMAS | 1942 holiday song that is the bestselling single of all time |
| THEBODYGUARD | What is the bestselling film soundtrack album of all time? (3,9) |
