| RENDELL | Ruth, author of the crime novel One Across, Two Down (7) |
| ARNOTT | Jake, author who wrote the crime novel The Long Firm, set in the 1960s (6) |
| MARIOPUZO | U.S. author who wrote the crime novel The Godfather later adapted into a film trilogy (5,4) |
| DOMINIC | _ West, star of the crime TV shows The Wire and The Affair (7) |
| INHERIT | Based on a real-life case in 1925, this 1960 film sees two lawyers argue for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution; ... The Wind |
| ATHEIST | Infidel on the scene of the crime? (7) |
| EMOTIVE | Incitement to action after the end of the crime is arousing feeling (7) |
| NEUTRON | Particle comprising one up and two down quarks |
| LYSETTE | English actress who appeared in Woody Allen's film Husbands And Wives and the sitcom Three Up, Two Down |
| ANTHONY | English actress who appeared in Woody Allen's film Husbands And Wives and the sitcom Three Up, Two Down |
| ENSURES | Warrant measures involving twenty two down |
| ONETOGO | "Two down" follow-up |
| KNIGHT | 'Green' BR steam locomotive 75029 moves two across and one down, or one across and two down! (6) |
| FRIENDS | Sitcom starring 12 Across, 28 Across, 31 Across, 2 Down, 17 Down & 23 Down (7) |
| NOTHING | (and 19 across, 2 down, 4 down, 21 down) Saying - attributed to Benjamin Franklin - on the subject of inevitability (7) |
| EXTRADITE | Return to the country, the scene of the crime (9) |
| CAPITALLETTER | Starts sentence for one of the crimes at the post office (7,6) |
| FREEGUY | 2021 sci-fi comedy film starring 7 Across, 28 Across, 2 Down and 24 Down (4,3) |
| NIL | Kevin Keegan explained a football situation, "The good news for Nigeria is that they're two ... down very early in the game" |
| SOFA | Comfy seating from just two down the scale (4) |
