| Gardner of mystery | 19 |
| First name of mysteries | 23 |
| First name of Halliburton's founder | 39 |
| First name of Douglas Selby's creator | 41 |
| First name in mystery novels | 28 |
| First name in mystery novelists | 31 |
| First name in mystery lore | 26 |
| First name in legal fiction | 27 |
| First name in detective novels | 30 |
| First name in detective fiction writing | 39 |
| First name in courtroom best-sellers | 36 |
| First name in case fiction | 26 |
| First name in "sleuthery" | 35 |
| Filmmaker ___ C. Kenton | 23 |
| Famous pen name ___ Stanley Gardner | 35 |
| Eponymous oilman Halliburton | 28 |
| Ellery's rival | 18 |
| Ellery contemporary | 19 |
| E.S.G. word | 11 |
| Detective novelist -- Stanley Gardner | 37 |
| Detective fiction writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 44 |
| Dashiell's peer | 19 |
| Dashiell's contemporary | 27 |
| Dashiell contemporary? | 22 |
| Creator of Perry | 16 |
| Creator of Hamilton and Perry | 29 |
| Creator of fictional lawyer Perry | 33 |
| Creator of Della | 16 |
| Creator of D.A. Hamilton | 24 |
| Contemporary of Rex and Agatha | 30 |
| Contemporary of Rex | 19 |
| Contemporary of Raymond and Agatha | 34 |
| Contemporary of Ngaio and Agatha | 32 |
| Contemporary of Ngaio | 21 |
| Contemporary of Ellery | 22 |
| Contemporary of Dashiell and Rex | 32 |
| Contemporary of Agatha and Rex | 30 |
| Contemporary of Agatha and Dashiell | 35 |
| Competitor of Mickey and Agatha | 31 |
| Colleague of Ellery | 19 |
| Case-man Gardner | 16 |
| Author of Perry tales | 21 |
| Attorney Perry's creator | 28 |
| Agatha colleague | 16 |
| A wife of Al Jolson | 19 |
| A Gardner who sounds noble | 26 |
| A first name in whodunit lore | 29 |
| A first name in mystery-writing | 31 |
| A first name in mystery | 23 |
| A first name in fiction | 23 |
| A contemporary of Dashiell | 26 |
| 1930's-40's film director ___ C. Kenton | 47 |
| "The Ghost of Frankenstein" director Kenton | 53 |
| "Phineas Finn" character Barrington ___ | 49 |
| "Out of the Silence" novelist Cox | 43 |
| ____Stanley Gardner | 19 |
| ___ Wilson, Aussie novelist | 27 |
| ___ Stanley Gardner of mysteries | 32 |
| ___ Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason's creator) | 47 |
| ___ P. Halliburton, founder of the Halliburton company | 54 |
| ___ Barrington, Trollope character | 34 |
| Humorist Bombeck | 16 |
| Writer Bombeck | 14 |
| Columnist Bombeck | 17 |
| Author Bombeck | 14 |
| Witty Bombeck | 13 |
| Bombeck | 7 |
| First name in humor | 19 |
| Funny Bombeck | 13 |
| Memorable writer Bombeck | 24 |
| Aunt with a "Cope Book" | 33 |
| "At Wit's End" author Bombeck | 43 |
| Writer Calderon | 15 |
| Ms. Bombeck | 11 |
| Humorous Bombeck | 16 |
| Humor writer Bombeck | 20 |
| Wry Bombeck | 11 |
| Humor columnist Bombeck | 23 |
| First name in wit | 17 |
| Bombeck, the columnist | 22 |
| "Aunt" with a 1979 best seller | 40 |
| ''Cope Book'' aunt | 34 |
| Wit Bombeck | 11 |
| La Bombeck | 10 |
| First name in household humor | 29 |
| Bombeck of humor | 16 |
| Aretha Franklin's Grammy-nominated sister | 45 |
| "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression" author Bombeck | 73 |
| "Forever, __": 1996 humor collection | 46 |
| "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) | 42 |
| "Cope Book" aunt | 26 |
| "Aunt" with a "Cope Book" | 45 |
| Title aunt in a 1979 best seller | 32 |
| Name on an old column | 21 |
| Late humorist/mom | 17 |
| Late humorist Bombeck | 21 |
| Late columnist Bombeck | 22 |
| Gospel singer Franklin | 22 |
| Franklin who sang "Piece of My Heart" | 47 |
| First name in suburban humor | 28 |