| LAIUS | Oedipus's father (and murder victim) |
| ABEL | Cain's biblical brother and murder victim (4) |
| ALDA | 'Manhattan Murder Mystery' and 'Murder at 1600' costar |
| CLARY | Julian ___, comedian and author of novels Devil in Disguise and Murder Most Fab (5) |
| GAD | "Beauty and the Beast" (2017) and "Murder on the Orient Express" (2017) star Josh |
| TSELIOT | Poet and playwright whose works include The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock, The Waste Land and Murder in the Cathedral |
| ANN | "Smoke, Mirrors, and Murder" author Rule |
| MRS | Shaun Micallef and Kat Stewart's Mr & ... Murder (3) |
| ADAM | Grown Ups and Murder Mystery star, ... Sandler (4) |
| FRENCH | Dawn _, comedian and Murder Most Horrid star (6) |
| LIQUIDATE | Wind up affairs and murder (9) |
| CLUE | Board game with suspects and murder weapons |
| CREON | Oedipus's uncle and brother-in-law |
| INGRIDBERGMAN | Actress who won three Oscars, for "Gaslight," "Anastasia," and "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds |
| PLAIDY | Jean ___, author of the historical novels The Reluctant Queen and Murder Most Royal (6) |
| DADSAVAGE | Patrick Stewart played the title role in this 1998 tale of mayhem and murder (3,6) |
| GUCCI | House Of _, Lady Gaga film about fashion and murder (5) |
| LINDBERGH | The kidnapping and murder of his son in 1932 overshadowed, for a time, his achievements as a record-breaking flier (9) |
| SLAUGHTER | Tod ___, English actor whose films include King of the Underworld and Murder at Scotland Yard |
| TRAGIC | Like Oedipus's destiny |
