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Was It the Butler? Crossword Puzzle

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This quiz is largely about crime novels and their authors, but inevitably there are some fillers.
Author: balaton - Diff: Harder

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      1. In "Peril at End House" both murderer and victim have this name!
      5. Surname of 1 Across
      8. First name of the ABC murderer's brother
      10. Together with a dragon, an apocryphal addition to the book of Daniel
      11. ___ Adler, the only woman Holmes admired
      14. Given name of murder-mystery series writer, Ms Rivers
      16. A period of time
      19. Eth's radio comedy partner
      20. Abner's size?
      21. Colour of Christie's five herrings
      22. This comic character is desperate!
      23. "One, ___, Buckle My Shoe" - Christie novel
      24. Turn this vehicle round and discover who will repair it
      27. "Some Lie and Some ___" Ruth Rendell
      30. ___ Radley ("To Kill A Mocking Bird")
      31. Alternative (either ___)
      32. Explosive conspirator or a man of straw?
      33. Miss Dalrymple - heroine of the crime novels of Carola Dunn
      34. Hannah Swenson- "___ Puff Murder" 2009
      37. "The Devil Dines ___" by Theodora du Bots
      38. Where Harriet Vane found the body (2,3,5)
      42. Sherlock Holmes' brother
      43. Lord Peter Wimsey finds trouble at this club

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      1. Christian name of Inspector Burden of Kingsmarkham
      2. Primitive freshwater fish, native to North America
      3. "Her ___" American romantic comedy starring Tom Selleck
      4. German exclamation
      5. Stinging insect
      6. Where, according to Agatha, the Bantrys found the body
      7. David ___played the part of George, Poirot's valet, in the David Suchet TV series
      9. Northern English crime writer ___Cleeve
      12. Regret is mixed for a Yorkshire river
      13. In the Agatha Christie novel death comes as this
      14. "Death ___" -murder mystery by Lynda Fairstein, featuring Alexandra Cooper
      15. Certainly not!
      17. Religious Instruction (abbrev.)
      18. In "They Do It with Mirrors" the murderer is perceived by all as being this
      21. Nickname of Inspector Morse's sidekick
      25. In Truman's book "Murder in the White House", in which room does the murder take place?
      26. Enormous legendary bird
      27. Female rabbit
      28. First name of Dwight Moody's singer or Irish rebel group
      29. Captain Hastings proposes to her in "The Mysterious affair at Styles"
      35. Rodent
      36. First name of victim in 1958 movie "I Want to Live", based on the story of murderess Barbara Graham
      39. A filbert or a pecan perhaps
      40. Cooking plate
      41. Shakespeare made a lot of it about nothing