| GARDNER | Mystery writer Erle |
| PERRYMASON | Defence lawyer created by writer Erle Stanley Gardner (5,5) |
| MASON | Fictional defense attorney Perry ___, created by US lawyer and author Erle Stanley Gardner (5) |
| HAMILTONBURGER | District attorney regularly defeated by author Erle Stanley Gardner's Perry Mason (8,6) |
| DELLASTREET | Secretary of the fictional lawyer Perry Mason, created by US author Erle Stanley Gardner in 1933 (5,6) |
| THECASEOFTHEVELVETCLAWS | 6, 15 and 19 1933 mystery novel by Erle Stanley Gardner; first to feature Perry Mason |
| VELVET | 1933 mystery novel by Erle Stanley Gardner; first to feature Perry Mason (3,4,2,3,6,5) |
| THECASEOFTHE | 1933 mystery novel by Erle Stanley Gardner; first to feature Perry Mason (3,4,2,3,6,5) |
| CLAWS | 1933 mystery novel by Erle Stanley Gardner; first to feature Perry Mason (3,4,2,3,6,5) |
| PSEUDONYM | A. A. Fair, to Erle Stanley Gardner |
| REELECT | Campaign buzzword for Erle, etc. |
| NGAIO | Contemporary of Agatha and Erle |
| AAFAIR | Erle Stanley Gardner pen name |
| AGATHA | Erle colleague |
| DELLA | Street named by Erle Stanley Gardner |
| STANLEY | Erle __ Gardner |
| THECASE | Start of many an Erle Stanley Gardner title |
| CARRADINE | John, actor whose film roles included Erle Kenton in The Howling (9) |
| PERRY | Mr. Mason, character in stories by Erle Stanley Gardner (5) |
| NIECE | "The Case of the Sleepwalker's --", a Perry Mason story by Erle Stanley Gardner (5) |
