| Word with head or cold | 22 |
| Word with goods or study | 24 |
| Word with goods or history | 26 |
| Word with book or load | 22 |
| Word with basket or federal | 27 |
| Word with "closed" or "study" | 49 |
| Word with ''basket'' or ''federal'' | 67 |
| Word that can follow the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers | 73 |
| Word in mystery titles | 22 |
| Word in many Perry Mason titles | 31 |
| Word in many a Gardner title | 28 |
| Winery buy, perhaps | 19 |
| Wine unit | 9 |
| What one may do to a joint? | 27 |
| What one does to a joint? | 25 |
| What Miss Marple works on | 25 |
| What a sleuth tries to close | 28 |
| Violin container | 16 |
| Vintner's quantity | 22 |
| Upper or lower follower | 23 |
| Upper or lower | 14 |
| Type of load or study | 21 |
| Twenty-four cans of beer | 24 |
| Twelve fifths | 13 |
| Trumpet protector | 17 |
| Thing on a docket | 17 |
| Task for Perry Mason | 20 |
| Task for Holmes | 15 |
| Suit follower | 13 |
| Subjective, for one | 19 |
| Study in a way | 14 |
| Something tried in a court | 26 |
| Size up the joint | 17 |
| Six-pack's relative | 23 |
| Senator from N.J. | 17 |
| Scope out, before a heist | 25 |
| Project for Poirot | 18 |
| Private eye's project | 25 |
| Pre-party purchase | 18 |
| Portmanteau, e.g. | 17 |
| Pomander, e.g. | 14 |
| Piccolo protector | 17 |
| Part of a judge's workload | 30 |
| Part of a judge's docket | 28 |
| Pair or set | 11 |
| Pair of pistols | 15 |
| Open-and-shut __ | 16 |
| Objective, for one | 18 |
| Nominative or dative | 20 |
| Mystery-title word | 18 |
| Moto matter | 11 |
| More than a six-pack | 20 |
| Matter for Judge Judy | 21 |
| Matter for a lawyer | 19 |
| Matter before a court | 21 |
| Mason's job? | 16 |
| Mason's assignment | 22 |
| Mason matter | 12 |
| Look over with ill intent | 25 |
| Look over before holding up | 27 |
| Litigator's job | 19 |
| Liquor shop order | 17 |
| Legal undertaking | 17 |
| Legal suit | 10 |
| Legal assignment | 16 |
| Lawyers make it | 15 |
| Lawyer's project | 20 |
| Law presentation | 16 |
| Law assignment | 14 |
| Large beer purchase | 19 |
| Laptop holder | 13 |
| Kind of study | 13 |
| Kind of ace | 11 |
| Job for the Hardy Boys | 22 |
| Job for Mason or Trent | 22 |
| Job for F. Lee Bailey | 21 |
| Job for Ellery Queen | 20 |
| Job for Charlie Chan | 20 |
| Job for Carmen Sandiego | 23 |
| Job for Belli | 13 |
| Job for an attorney | 19 |
| Job for a DA | 12 |
| Job for a barrister | 19 |
| Jewelry store feature | 21 |
| Item on a docket | 16 |
| Item for the hold | 17 |
| It may be upper or lower | 24 |
| It may be heard | 15 |
| Investigative object | 20 |
| Investigate, as before a heist | 30 |
| Investigate surreptitiously | 27 |
| Instance of disease | 19 |
| Inspect, as a joint | 19 |
| Inspect with larceny in mind | 28 |
| Inspect the joint | 17 |
| Holmes work assignment | 22 |
| Hammer's business | 21 |
| Gumshoe's assignment | 24 |
| Green Day "Basket ___" | 32 |
| Grammar matter | 14 |