Complete Clue List
Across
1. James Patterson's detective, Alex ______
4. Dr Kay ______, Patricia Cornwell's protagonist
9. Sherlock Holmes's drug of choice
10. Drinking establishment (3,4)
11. 1964 novel featuring detective Lew Archer, 'The ______'
12. Eavesdropping
13. Fuss, bother
15. Poison, well known to Agatha Christie fans
17. Lt ______ Dallas, J D Robb's futuristic detective
19. Firearm
20. Unauthorised disclosure of information
21. Documentary proofs of name, etc. (abbr.)
23. Latin prefix meaning 'all'
28. Word associated with town criers
29. Deliberately destroying
31. Belonging to me
32. Miss Marple had to deal with thirteen of these
34. Withdraw a statement
35. Martial arts weapon
37. G K Chesterton's priestly sleuth, ______ Brown
40. Hobby
41. Engrave
42. Famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe, 'The ______'
Down
2. Flowers grown by Nero Wolfe
3. Mike Hammer's creator (surname)
4. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective (first name)
5. C. ______ Dupin, Poe's detective
6. Contemplated
7. Following someone secretly
8. Claiming, asserting
9. 'The White ______', 1933 mystery novel by Mignon G Eberhart
14. Christie's 'The Seven ______ Mystery'
16. Pseudonym of the 'Amelia Peabody' mysteries author (first name)
18. Historical era associated with early Sherlock Holmes stories
22. Wisdom
24. Elder brother of Sherlock Holmes (first name)
25. Intercardinal point (abbr.)
26. Bottomless pit
27. Pseudonyms, aliases
30. IATA code for Jordan's capital
33. Always
36. The culprit in Poe's 'Murders in the Rue Morgue'
38. Temperature controller, in short
39. Egyptian sun god