| PATRICIDE | The murder of your father (9) |
| GRANDDAD | The father of your father or mother. |
| GRAN | The mother of your father or mother. |
| AUNT | The sister of your father (4) |
| AUNTIE | The sister of your father or mother (6) |
| UNCLE | The brother of your father or mother (5) |
| OFTHELONG | Name given to the murder of Ernst Rohm and others by the SS on Hitler's orders (5,2,3,4,6) |
| OJSIMPSON | Former American footballer acquitted of the murder of his wife in 1995 (1,1,7) |
| PADDYKIRK | Pre-marriage name of Dales vet who recently confessed his part in the murder of Ray Walters to save his dad from a life sentence (5,4) |
| TWINPEAKS | David Lynch's bizarre TV series about the murder of Laura Palmer (4,5) |
| THECASKOF | 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe recounting the murder of Fortunato by Montresor (3,4,2) |
| OPENCASES | The murders of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., e.g. |
| PARENTAGE | Who's your father (and mother)? (9) |
| RELATIONS | How's your father, mother and sister? (9) |
| PATRIMONY | Property inherited from your father (9) |
| OLDS | Make of your father's car, perhaps |
| 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 |
| THEROMANHAT | See 61929 novel featuring the murder of lawyer Monte Field; first of the Ellery Queen mysteries |
| WARREN | Earl, chairman of the commission that investigated the murder of President Kennedy (6) |
