| Hunt hint | 9 |
| Holmes's quest | 18 |
| Holmes's need | 17 |
| Hint in a whodunit | 18 |
| Hint in "Sherlock" | 28 |
| Hint for Sherlock | 17 |
| Hint for Holmes | 15 |
| Hint for Hercule | 16 |
| Hint (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 44 |
| Hercule Poirot lead | 19 |
| Helpful sign | 12 |
| Helpful info | 12 |
| Help in solving | 15 |
| Help for Nancy Drew | 19 |
| Help for a detective | 20 |
| Hawkshaw's help | 19 |
| Gumshoe's lead | 18 |
| Guide for Holmes | 16 |
| Game with the Rope | 18 |
| Game with the Revolver and the Rope | 35 |
| Game with suspicions and accusations | 36 |
| Game with suspect cards | 23 |
| Game with six colorful characters | 33 |
| Game with Mr. Boddy | 19 |
| Game with Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum | 41 |
| Game with Colonel Mustard and Mrs. Peacock | 42 |
| Game with a Wrench card | 23 |
| Game with a rope and a candlestick | 34 |
| Game with a crime | 17 |
| Game played with a rope | 23 |
| Game played with a knife | 24 |
| Game from which the three conclusions are drawn | 47 |
| Game featuring six suspects and six weapons | 43 |
| Game featuring Professor Plum | 29 |
| Game featuring Mr. Boddy | 24 |
| Game featuring Col. Mustard | 27 |
| Frente song that gives a hint? | 30 |
| Footprint or loose thread, perhaps | 34 |
| Footprint or fingerprint, say | 29 |
| Fingerprints, e.g. | 18 |
| Fingerprint, say | 16 |
| Fingerprint, maybe | 18 |
| Fingerprint, for one | 20 |
| Fingerprint, e.g. | 17 |
| Fingerprint or dropped handkerchief, say | 40 |
| Element for a solution | 22 |
| Detective's tool | 20 |
| Crossworder's need | 22 |
| Crossword staple | 16 |
| Crime scene find | 16 |
| Classic board game with a Simpsons variant | 42 |
| Charades offering | 17 |
| Board game with suspects | 24 |
| Board game with Mr. Boddy | 25 |
| Board game with accusations | 27 |
| Board game set in a mansion | 27 |
| Answer's opposite | 21 |
| Aid to solution | 15 |
| Aid for Sherlock | 16 |
| Aid for Miss Marple | 19 |
| Aid for Holmes | 14 |
| A ditz hasn't one | 21 |
| 1985 movie with the tagline "It's not just a game anymore" | 72 |
| 1985 film with the line "Two corpses; everything's fine" | 70 |
| "Professor Plum in the library with the candlestick" game | 67 |
| ___ in (inform) | 15 |
| Like crossword puzzles | 22 |
| Like this puzzle | 16 |
| Informed, with "in" | 29 |
| Aware, with "in" | 26 |
| Made aware, with "in" | 31 |
| Like crossword words | 20 |
| In the loop, with "in" | 32 |
| Filled (in) | 11 |
| Did part of writing a crossword | 31 |
| Wrote a puzzle definition | 25 |
| Up to speed, with "in" | 32 |
| Tipped off, with "in" | 31 |
| Tipped off, with ''in'' | 39 |
| Supplied hints for, as a crossword | 34 |
| Provided with a hint | 20 |
| Plugged (in) | 12 |
| Like every crossword answer | 27 |
| Like crosswords | 15 |
| Like crossword puzzle entries | 29 |
| Like all good crosswords | 24 |
| Like a crossword puzzle | 23 |
| Like a crossword | 16 |
| Hip, with 'in' | 22 |
| Given evidence | 14 |
| Gave hints | 10 |
| Gave a sign | 11 |
| Did a crossword construction duty | 33 |
| --- in (informed) | 17 |
| In the dark | 11 |
| Out to lunch | 12 |
| Ignorant | 8 |
| Out of the loop | 15 |
| Totally out of it | 17 |
| Like five answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively | 60 |