| FALK | Peter ___, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Murder, Inc (4) |
| FINNEY | Albert ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Murder on the Orient Express (6) |
| USTINOV | Peter ___, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Topkapi (7) |
| OTOOLE | Peter ___, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar-nominee for The Ruling Class (6) |
| SELLERS | Peter ___, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Being There (7) |
| YATES | Peter ___, Best Director Oscar nominee for Breaking Away and The Dresser (5) |
| ROPE | Heading off, search blindly in dark for murder weapon (4) |
| ALEX | He gets 14 years for murder in "A Clockwork Orange" |
| IRVGOTTI | Murder Inc. Records co-founder with a name inspired by a crime boss |
| JACKSON | Peter ___, Best Director Oscar winner for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (7) |
| DIAL | 1954 Alfred Hitchcock film starring Grace Kelly as a woman who is framed for murder by her husband (4,1,3,6) |
| PETERFALK | "Murder, Inc." Oscar nominee |
| BLUE | Varsity man's word for murder? (4) |
| SLAY | Lost leader held by state for murder |
| SIEGEL | Bugsy of Murder, Inc. |
| LEPKE | 1930s boss of Murder Inc. |
| INGRIDBERGMAN | Winner of a Best Actress Oscar for "Gaslight" and a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Murder on the Orient Express": 2 wds. |
| TIMETOKILL | Opportunity for murder? Nothing else to do (4,2,4) |
| GRACEKELLY | Actress who played a socialite in Hitchcock's "Dial M for Murder": 2 wds. |
| REDCORNER | 1997 film starring Richard Gere as a US businessman wrongfully tried for murder in China |
