| RENDELL | Ruth _; writer of detective fiction (7) |
| MARSH | Ngaio ___, writer of detective fiction (5) |
| NGAIOMARSH | New Zealand author of detective fiction (5,5) |
| OZEKI | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| ALLINGHAM | Margery ___, author of detective novels Mystery Mile and The Case of the Late Pig (9) |
| CAMPION | The flower of detective fiction (7) |
| COLLINS | Wilkie -; pioneer of detective fiction whose mystery novel The Woman in White has been adapted to stage and screen (7) |
| ARSENIC | Poisonous chemical element preferred by many murderers in the golden age of detective fiction |
| SIMENON | Writer of detective stories puts people in heaven (7) |
| GEORGES | Author of detective novels featuring Inspector Maigret (7,7) |
| GARDNER | Writer of detective books - collect about 500 |
| GEMMELL | Ruth _, plays Dowager Lady Violet Bridgerton (7) |
| LATIMER | Detective-fiction and screenplay writer, his book Solomon's Vineyard, written in 1941, was too racy |
| OFDEATH | Patricia Cornwell forensic science detective fiction, Cause ... (2,5) |
| STRAUSS | Ruth __, in whose name Lord's cricket ground turns red once a year? (7) |
| CHRISTIE | Agatha _, author of the 1938 work of detective fiction Hercule Poirot's Christmas (8) |
| ASTA | Dog of detective fiction |
| ARSENE | Lupin of detective fiction |
| POE | Pioneer of detective fiction |
| NGAIO | Marsh of detective fiction |
