| SAYHELLOTOMY | With 22-Down, classic crime-movie line ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| STING | The -, classic crime movie with Paul Newman and Robert Redford (5) |
| OTTO | Preminger who directed the classic crime movies "Laura" and "Anatomy of a Murder" |
| MAE | West with the classic movie line "I'm no 45-Across ..." |
| ITSNOTYOUITSME | Classic breakup line, and a hint to the formation of this puzzle's theme answers |
| OOO | Tic-tac-toe line ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| AHOUSEDIVIDED | Start of a Lincoln line, and a hint to the circled letters |
| ANGLING | From Old English for "hook", the sport or pastime of fishing with a rod, line and a baited lure, such as a fly (7) |
| HORSESHOES | Game with a foul line and a backboard |
| EMAIL | Message with a subject line and a body |
| TARKA | Henry Williamson's otter character whose name was given to a rail line and a series of footpaths in Devon (5) |
| KATHIELEEGIF | *TV celebrity who has owned both a clothing line and a wine brand |
| CASH | Singer-songwriter noted for I Walk the Line and A Boy Named Sue (4) |
| PARALLEL | English used in a few lines and a few more for comparison (8) |
| SESTINA | Poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet |
| RAYMONDBURR | Actor who starred in the title role of long-running classic crime series "Perry Mason": 2 wds. |
| WHITEHEAT | 1949 classic crime drama film starring James Cagney (5,4) |
| THEGODFATHER | 1972 classic crime drama film starring Marlon Brando (3,9) |
| PSYCH | Classic crime show starring James Roday Rodriguez as Shawn Spencer |
| HELLO | What "you had me at," in a classic movie line |
