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I Love a Mystery Crossword Puzzle

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If you love to curl up with a 'whodunit' this is the puzzle for you! Answers are authors, characters, titles and other things associated with crime and mystery novels.
Author: spanishliz - Diff: Harder

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      Across
      1. Canadian city where Kathy Reichs sets some of her novels
      5. What Sue Grafton's N stood for
      9. Arrange, as clues
      11. Novel by 32 Down, 'The ___ House'
      12. Belgian detective who used his 'little grey cells'
      14. Group of countries including home of 12 A (abbr.)
      15. Shed one for the murder victim
      16. Martha ______, who names many books after British pubs
      17. Name used by Evan Hunter to write his '87th Precinct' novels: ___ McBain
      20. Christie title: 'Why Didn't They ___ Evans?'
      21. One of the mountain chain where Holmes met Moriarty in 'The Final Problem'
      23. Creator of Kay Scarpetta (initials)
      25. Creator of Jane Lawless, ____ Hart
      28. A natural cause of death (abbr.)
      29. What 7 Down affectionately calls Amelia
      31. Sound of hesitation
      32. Disorganized fight, possibly with a gang of criminals
      33. Region of the US where Spenser usually operates (abbr.)
      34. Feel ill, perhaps because of slow poisoning
      35. Sound of disapproval, perhaps used by 1 Down
      37. 'And' to 12 Across
      39. Daughter-in-law of 7 Down and 29 Across
      41. Gender of many murderers
      44. Initials of the victim in famous novel featuring 12 Across
      45. First name of 34 Down
      46. Beverage for 1 Down, perhaps
      47. Distinguishing mark, possibly left by a knife
      48. Foe
      49. Military friend of 12 Across

      Down

      1. Spinster Jane, who lives in St. Mary Mead
      2. With 41 Down, New Zealander who created Roderick Alleyn
      3. Series by Mark W. Tiedmann: 'Isaac Asimov's _____ Mystery'
      4. Word to describe criminal pitted against fictional detectives
      6. Watson once found Holmes in an ______ den
      7. 'Father of Curses', Radcliffe _____
      8. Murderers might be considered the _____ of society
      10. Country where 'Murder on the Orient Express' begins
      13. Short first name of Kathy Reichs' forensic anthropologist
      18. Title bestowed on creator of 1 Down and 12 Across
      19. Where Koko went, with regard to the creek
      20. Unknown tipster, by phone or letter (abbr.)
      22. Creator of Koko, Yum Yum and Qwill, for short
      24. Novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, involving a severed hand, 'The _____'
      26. In 'Burned', by Carol Higgins Clark, the victim wears a stolen shell ____ when found
      27. First name of creator of Perry Mason
      29. Author Ellis or author Elizabeth
      30. Perry Mason's secretary, _____ Street
      32. First name of author Walters
      34. Creator of 1 Down (initials)
      36. Actor who played Mickey Spillane's hero on TV, _____ Keach
      38. These feature in 'Murder on the Orient Express' and '4:50 from Paddington', for example
      40. A criminal might do this to an innocent person
      41. Surname of 2 Down
      42. Country where you'd usually find 7 Down and 29 Across
      43. What blood might leave on the carpet