| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| POLICEDETECTIVE | Certain crime solver |
| DET | Crime solver: Abbr. |
| JESSICA | Crime solver Fletcher |
| MARPLE | Christie crime solver |
| MOTO | Marquand crime-solver |
| CAUGUSTEDUPIN | Poe's pioneering crime solver |
| MISSMARPLE | Christie's genteel crime solver |
| NERO | Crime solver Wolfe of fiction |
| PERRYMASON | Book and TV crime solver |
| SUE | Creator of crime solver Kinsey |
| JBFLETCHER | Cabot Cove writer-crime solver |
| PHILO | Van Dine's crime-solver Vance |
| JANEMARPLE | Crime solver from St. Mary Mead |
| HEC | Crime-solver Ramsey of 1970s TV |
| ADAMDALGLIESH | P. D. James's crime solver from Scotland Yard |
