| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CLUE | Something dropped in a mystery novel |
| SECRETSTAIRCASE | Passage in a mystery novel? |
| NOONE | Who to trust in a mystery novel |
| THINMAN | Victim in a 1932 mystery novel, with "the" |
| bottom | surface (as the seat of a chair) designed to support something resting on it used figuratively in phrases like the bottom dropped out to describe a sudden collapse or downturn lost millions when the bottom dropped out of the stock market |
| WILL | Something read in many a murder mystery |
