| Perry Mason creator ___ Stanley Gardner | 39 |
| A. A. Fair's real first name | 32 |
| Contemporary of Ellery and Agatha | 33 |
| Mystery writer -- Stanley Gardner | 33 |
| Mystery writer __ Stanley Gardner | 33 |
| First name in whodunit mysteries | 32 |
| First name in courtroom fiction writing | 39 |
| Energy company founder Halliburton | 34 |
| Detective story writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 42 |
| Detective novelist ___ Stanley Gardner | 38 |
| Crime fiction author's first name | 37 |
| Creator of Perry, Della and Paul | 32 |
| The Gardner who cooked up Ham Burger | 36 |
| Perry Mason's creator ___ Stanley Gardner | 45 |
| Name on the cover of Perry Mason books | 38 |
| Mystery novelist -- Stanley Gardner | 35 |
| Man's name that sounds noble | 32 |
| Lieutenant Tragg creator Gardner | 32 |
| Lawyer and writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 37 |
| Halliburton who founded Halliburton | 35 |
| Halliburton of the Halliburton Company | 38 |
| First name of Halliburton's founder | 39 |
| First name of Douglas Selby's creator | 41 |
| First name in detective fiction writing | 39 |
| First name in courtroom best-sellers | 36 |
| First name in "sleuthery" | 35 |
| Famous pen name ___ Stanley Gardner | 35 |
| Detective novelist -- Stanley Gardner | 37 |
| Detective fiction writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 44 |
| Creator of fictional lawyer Perry | 33 |
| Contemporary of Raymond and Agatha | 34 |
| Contemporary of Ngaio and Agatha | 32 |
| Contemporary of Dashiell and Rex | 32 |
| Contemporary of Agatha and Dashiell | 35 |
| 1930's-40's film director ___ C. Kenton | 47 |
| "Phineas Finn" character Barrington ___ | 49 |
| "Out of the Silence" novelist Cox | 43 |
| ___ Stanley Gardner of mysteries | 32 |
| ___ Stanley Gardner (Perry Mason's creator) | 47 |
| ___ Barrington, Trollope character | 34 |
| Aunt with a "Cope Book" | 33 |
| "At Wit's End" author Bombeck | 43 |
| "Aunt" with a 1979 best seller | 40 |
| ''Cope Book'' aunt | 34 |
| Aretha Franklin's Grammy-nominated sister | 45 |
| "Forever, __": 1996 humor collection | 46 |
| "Forever, ___" (1996 humor book) | 42 |
| "Aunt" with a "Cope Book" | 45 |
| Title aunt in a 1979 best seller | 32 |
| Franklin who sang "Piece of My Heart" | 47 |
| Bombeck who's "at wit's end" | 46 |
| Bombeck of "At Wit's End" | 39 |
| Aunt with a ''Cope Book'' | 41 |
| "Piece of My Heart" singer Franklin | 45 |
| ''Cope Book'' name | 34 |
| ___ Bombeck, memorable columnist | 32 |
| Max's co-owner of a hamburger restaurant | 44 |
| Household name in household humor | 33 |
| Aretha's Grammy-nominated sister | 36 |
| Aretha's gospel-singing sister | 34 |
| Aretha Franklin's older singing sister | 42 |
| "Gotta Find Me a Lover" singer Franklin | 49 |
| "Forever, ___" (1996 humor bestseller) | 48 |
| "At Wit's End" wit Bombeck | 40 |
| "At Wit's End" name | 33 |
| "At Wit's End" humorist Bombeck | 45 |
| "At Wit's End" columnist Bombeck | 46 |
| Author of "At Wit's End" | 38 |
| ''At Wit's End'' columnist | 46 |
| "Aunt _____ Cope Book" | 32 |
| 'Aunt -- Cope Book': Bombeck | 36 |
| "Full Metal Jacket" actor R. Lee __ | 45 |
| Weasel that's white in the winter | 37 |
| Weasel who's white in winter | 32 |
| Fur that's a symbol of royalty | 34 |
| Suffix with "southeast" | 33 |
| Suffix for "north" or "south" | 49 |
| Suffix for "east" or "west" | 47 |
| "East" or "West" ending | 43 |
| Bird prevalent on the Norwegian coast | 37 |
| "East" or "west" trailer | 44 |
| Verdi opera based on a Hugo play | 32 |
| Verdi work whose title character is a bandit | 44 |
| Verdi opera first performed in 1844 | 35 |
| Title character in love with Elvira | 35 |
| Teatro la Fenice premiere of 1844 | 33 |
| Elvira's lover, in a Verdi opera | 36 |
| Eagle that's a coastal flier | 32 |
| Upper Lough ___, in Northern Ireland | 36 |
| Northern Ireland's Shannon-___ Waterway | 43 |
| Marine flier that scavenges food from otters | 44 |
| Lightweight champ: 1899–1902 | 35 |
| Lightweight champ before Joe Gans | 33 |
| Island-dotted lake of Northern Ireland | 38 |
| Irish river that shares its name with a bird | 44 |
| Irish lake or river, or crossword bird | 38 |
| Ireland's Shannon-___ Waterway | 34 |
| Eagle you might see from a yacht | 32 |
| Bird hiding in the four longest puzzle answers | 46 |
| Sea birds found mainly in crosswords | 36 |