| ROGER | The Murder of ___ Akroyd by Agatha Christie (1926) |
| RICK | Gary Windass got away with the murder of ___ Neelan in Coronation Street (4) |
| CROWS | A murder of ______ |
| MORANIS | Murray, Akroyd, Ramis, and Weaver's "Ghostbusters" co-star |
| ALIBI | 1928 play by Michael Morton, based on The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (5) |
| FIVELITTLEPIGS | Agatha Christie novel (1942), in which Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of artist Amyas Crale, published in the US as Murder in Retrospect (4,6,4) |
| ACKROYD | The Murder Of Roger _ _ _ _ _ _ _, Agatha Christie crime novel published in 1926 (7) |
| DAN | "Ghostbuster" Akroyd |
| DARNLEY | Lord -; title of Henry Stuart, husband of Mary, Queen of Scots implicated in the murder of David Rizzio before being murdered himself at Kirk o' Field (7) |
| ACT | The ___ 2019 drama series on Hulu based on the life of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of her mother |
| CAUSECELEBRE | Radio play by Terence Rattigan about the trial of Alma Rattenbury and her teenage lover for the murder of her third husband |
| WARREN | Earl, chairman of the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy (6) |
| NIGHT | Name given to the murder of Ernst Rehm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |
| THEROMANHAT | See 61929 novel featuring the murder of lawyer Monte Field; first of the Ellery Queen mysteries |
| OFTHELONG | Name given to the murder of Ernst Rohm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |
| KNIVES | See 16 Ac. Name given to the murder of Ernst Rohm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |
| BOTHWELL | 4th Earl of -; title Mary, Queen of Scots husband who was implicated in the murder of Lord Darnley (8) |
| STUART | Family name of Mary, Queen of Scots whose husband Lord Darnley was implicated in the murder of her private secretary David Rizzio (6) |
| THEROMANHATMYSTERY | 1929 novel featuring the murder of lawyer Monte Field; first of the Ellery Queen mysteries |
| LUCAN | Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of ___, who disappeared in 1974 after the murder of the family's nanny (5) |
