| FALCON | The Maltese |
| PROP | The Maltese Falcon in "The Maltese Falcon," e.g. |
| FATMAN | 'The Maltese Falcon' villain, with 'the' |
| SPADE | Dashiell Hammett's detective, Sam ..., comments on the Maltese Falcon that it's the "stuff that dre |
| HAMMETT | Dashiell, author of the novel The Maltese Falcon (7) |
| SAMSPADE | Which private detective was on the trail of the Maltese Falcon? (3,5) |
| LORRE | Austro-Hungarian actor noted for roles in films such as M, The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca and The Raven (5) |
| SAM | Central character in the Raymond Chandler novel The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| POODLE | The moodle is a hybrid of the Maltese and this dog breed |
| HUSTON | Director and screenwriter of The Maltese Falcon whose grandson starred in the 2016 film Ben-Hur (6) |
| ASTOR | What surname links Nancy, the first woman to sit in Parliament, and Mary, The Maltese Falcon actress? (5) |
| POLO | Played at Cowdray Park and Smith's Lawn at Windsor Great Park, the "sport of kings" resembling croquet on horseback, portrayed in Kipling's The Maltese Cat (4) |
| GOZO | The second largest island in the Maltese archipelago (4) |
| GUTMAN | Casper, character in the film The Maltese Falcon (6) |
| DASHIELL | _ Hammett, US author of the detective novel The Maltese Falcon (1930) |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | Author of The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man (8,7) |
| MARYASTOR | "The Maltese Falcon" actress |
| KASPERGUTMAN | "The Maltese Falcon" heavy |
| BOGIE | 'The Maltese Falcon' actor, informally |
| GREENSTREET | A heavy in "The Maltese Falcon" |
