| PATRICIA | ___ Highsmith, U.S. crime writer who created the character Tom Ripley (8) |
| CHANDLER | U.S. crime writer's name secured by creditor (8) |
| HIGHSMITH | Patricia - - -, American novelist who wrote Strangers On A Train and created the character Tom Ripley (9) |
| REPORTER | The character Tom Worland was a political _ in Party Tricks. |
| TWAIN | Mark, U.S. writer who created the character Tom Sawyer (5) |
| TALENTED | It describes Matt Damon's Tom Ripley (8) |
| SICILIAN | Like the original Mafia’s crime, receiving lashes |
| ANTIHERO | Say Tom Ripley broadcast on the air |
| OFTHEOWL | 1962 novel by Patricia Highsmith (3,3,2,3,3) |
| MARTIN | The Life and Adventures of ___, 1844 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Tom Pinch (6,1 |
| CHUZZLEWIT | The Life and Adventures of -, 1844 novel by Charles Dickens featuring the character Tom Pinch (10) |
| APTNESS | Appropriate quality in a part taken by U.S. crime fighter (7) |
| FBI | U.S. crime busters |
| ELLERY | _ _ _ _ _ _ Queen, U.S. crime fiction pseudonym (6) |
| MARTINCHUZZLEWIT | Charles Dickens novel featuring the characters Tom Pinch and Mark Tapley (6,10) |
| PATRICIAHIGHSMITH | Creator of the murderer Tom Ripley (8,9) |
| HOGARTH | 18th-century artist whose series of eight paintings A Rake's Progress depicts the decline and fall of character Tom Rakewell (7) |
| BROWN | Surname of Thomas Hughes's Rugby schoolboy character, Tom (5) |
| MATTDAMON | Hollywood A-lister whose film roles have included Jason Bourne and Tom Ripley |
| HECATE | Enchanting Shakespearean character, Tom Cruise's Bottom (6) |
