| NGAIO | ___ Marsh, New Zealand crime writer who created the gentleman detective, Inspector Roderick Alleyn (5) |
| NGAIOMARSH | Creator of the "gentleman detective" Roderick Alleyn |
| ALLINGHAM | Margery ---, 20th-Century novelist who created the gentleman sleuth Albert Campion (9) |
| MARSH | New Zealand author who created the detective Inspector Roderick Alleyn (5,5) |
| RUTH | _ Randell, late crime writer who created the character of Chief Inspector Wexford (4) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond ___, crime writer who created the private detective Philip Marlowe |
| RANKIN | Scottish crime writer who created the character of Inspector Rebus, Ian _ (6) |
| MICKEY | Crime writer who created the detective Mike Hammer, ... Spillane |
| PATRICIA | ___ Highsmith, U.S. crime writer who created the character Tom Ripley (8) |
| PDJAMES | British crime writer who created the detectives Cordelia Gray and Adam Dalgliesh (1,1,5) |
| SAYERS | Crime writer who created the character of Lord Peter Wimsey, Dorothy L _ (6) |
| JAMES | Crime writer who created the character of Adam Dalgliesh, P D _ (5) |
| PATTERSON | US crime writer who created the character of Alex Cross, James _ (9) |
| GERRITSEN | Tess ___, crime writer who created the Rizzoli & Isles series (9) |
| SPILLANE | American crime writer who created the character Mike Hammer (8) |
| AMANLAYDEAD | First of the novels in the Roderick Alleyn detective series by New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh, published in 1934 (1,3,3,4) |
| RUTHRENDELL | Crime writer who created fictional detective Chief Inspector Wexford (4,7) |
| RENDELL | Ruth ___, the crime writer who created Inspector Wexford (7) |
| AGATHA | Across English crime writer who created fictional detective Miss Marple (6,8) |
| CHRISTIE | Across English crime writer who created fictional detective Miss Marple (6,8) |
