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Perfectly Poirot Crossword Puzzle

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Most of the clues relate to the novels and short stories featuring the great detective, Hercule Poirot.
Author: MotherGoose - Diff: Harder

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      1. To wound or kill with a knife
      4. "Problem at ____" (short story)
      7. A negative answer
      8. Christie adventure novel, "They ____ to Baghdad"
      10. "The Mystery of the ____ Train" (novel)
      12. "Double ____ and Other Stories"
      13. There were 13 at this meal
      15. The last of a trio of girls
      16. Found at End House
      18. First personal singular of the verb be
      20. Captain Hastings' first name
      22. Found under the sun
      24. Files suit against
      25. Murder occurred on this express train
      28. Taxi
      29. The colour of the iris
      32. "How does your garden ____?" (short story)
      34. To score equally in a contest
      35. The number of acts in a tragedy
      37. One thousandth of a metre (abbrev)
      38. Small pieces of stiff paper on the table
      40. "The Chocolate ____" (short story)
      41. Used to link alternatives: "either/____"
      42. Type of computer address (abbrev)
      43. Last name of Poirot's writer friend, Ariadne
      46. Units of heredity
      47. Cowboy exclamation: "____ Haw!"

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      1. A mother's male child
      2. Poirot's alleged twin brother
      3. University degree (abbrev)
      4. Intercardinal (or ordinal) compass direction (abbrev)
      5. Murder by pattern of letters
      6. David ____ portrayed Poirot in a TV series
      7. Death occurred on this river
      9. What Poirot calls Hastings (2 French words)
      11. "The ____ Dog and Other Stories"
      13. Police rank (abbrev)
      14. Sun god of ancient Egypt
      16. "Witness for the ___"
      17. Elephants can do this
      19. What Poirot grew in his retirement
      21. Female chicken
      23. Georges' occupation
      26. "Lord ____ Dies" (novel)
      27. "One, ____, Buckle My Shoe" (novel)
      30. An arm, or a leg, or a large tree branch
      31. Secretary who dreams of the perfect filing system
      33. Stinging insects found in a nest
      36. A deadly sin
      38. The projections on a toothed wheel
      39. Expired or passed away
      44. American poet, ____ Cummings (initials)
      45. In the matter of