| DETECTIVEWORK | What was Lord Peter Wimsey doing in a book by Ngaio Marsh?? (9,4) |
| LIGHTTHICKENS | 1982 novel by Ngaio Marsh (5,8) |
| PEATORCHESTRA | Musicians at a marsh? |
| QUINQUAGESIMA | Religious Sunday masque I composed includes introductions from inimitable Ngaio Marsh |
| KISSINGSANTACLAUS | What mommy was seen doing in a song recorded by Jimmy Boyd in 1952 |
| OPENINGNIGHT | The 16th novel by Ngaio Marsh to feature Roderick Alleyn, published in 1951 |
| OPENING | 1951 novel by Ngaio Marsh also published as Night at the Vulcan (7,5) |
| REGRETTINGIT | "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" |
| SELLINGPLATE | What a silversmith is doing in a horse race? (7,5) |
| NAME | "Yertle" is the ___ of a turtle in a book by Dr. Seuss (He was king of his pond) |
| GIANT | A windmill was mistaken for this large person in a book by Cervantes (5) |
| AMANLAYDEAD | Novel by Ngaio Marsh (1,3,3,4) |
| ALLEYN | Inspector created by Ngaio Marsh (6) |
| RODERICK | ___ Alleyn, inspector created by Ngaio Marsh (8) |
| PHOTOFINISH | 1980 novel by Ngaio Marsh |
| WHENINROME | 1970 novel by Ngaio Marsh (4,2,4) |
| CURTAIN | Final ___ by Ngaio Marsh (1947) |
| LAST | 1977 novel by Ngaio Marsh (4,5) |
| DITCH | 1977 novel by Ngaio Marsh (4,5) |
| OFFWITH | & 4D 1957 novel by Ngaio Marsh (3,4,3,4) |
