| River of southern Germany | 25 |
| River joining the Fulda | 23 |
| River entering the Fulda | 24 |
| German reservoir or river | 25 |
| Ems-Weser Canal feeder | 22 |
| Contemporary drama critic | 25 |
| Broadway chanteuse Linda | 24 |
| 1987 Pulitzer critic Richard | 28 |
| Channel swimmer Gertrude | 24 |
| Channel swimmer of 1926 | 23 |
| Swimming sensation of 1926 | 26 |
| Olympic swimmer Gertrude | 24 |
| Old Olympic swimmer Gertrude | 28 |
| Memorable Channel crosser | 25 |
| Headliner: Aug. 6, 1926 | 23 |
| Channel crosser of 1926 | 23 |
| Channel crosser Gertrude | 24 |
| Channel conqueror: 1926 | 23 |
| 1926 English Channel swimmer | 28 |
| 1926 English Channel crosser | 28 |
| 1924 Olympics star Gertrude | 27 |
| 1924 gold medal swimmer | 23 |
| Mystery writer's award | 26 |
| Mystery writers' award | 26 |
| Mystery writer's prize | 26 |
| "King Lear" role | 26 |
| Rice Burroughs or Allan Poe | 27 |
| Whodunit writer's award | 27 |
| Puccini's second opera | 26 |
| Guest in the poetry section | 27 |
| Candice Bergen's dad | 24 |
| Bergen who spoke for Charlie | 28 |
| Award for Elmore Leonard | 24 |
| "J. ___," 2011 film | 29 |
| Whodunit writers' award | 27 |
| Voice of Charlie and Mortimer | 29 |
| The E of E.L. Doctorow | 22 |
| Prize for a mystery tale | 24 |
| Poet Poe's first name | 25 |
| Mystery writerÂ’s prize | 26 |
| Mystery writer’s prize | 29 |
| Mystery author's award | 26 |
| Johnny Winter's bro | 23 |
| Impressionist painter Degas | 27 |
| Hoover's predecessor? | 25 |
| Hoover's middle name | 24 |
| Guest in the bookstore | 22 |
| First name in U.S. fiction | 26 |
| First name in tales of horror | 29 |
| English king ___ the Peaceful | 29 |
| Business exec Bronfman | 22 |
| Braves shortstop Renteria | 25 |
| Award for John le Carré | 26 |
| Award for Dick Francis | 22 |
| Annual literary mystery prize | 29 |
| 1996 award for Dick Francis | 27 |
| 1984 award for Elmore Leonard | 29 |
| 18-season Mariner Martinez | 26 |
| Charlie McCarthy's voice | 28 |
| Award-winning ventriloquist | 27 |
| 'Free Ride' musician | 28 |
| You're tense on this | 24 |
| What a jumpy person is on | 25 |
| Squeak past, in sports | 22 |
| Greater likeliness to win | 25 |
| Word with cutting or leading | 28 |
| Cutting ___ (vanguard) | 22 |
| Cutting ___ (most advanced) | 27 |
| Benefit of one-upmanship | 24 |
| Beat by a point or two | 22 |
| "___ of Night" | 24 |
| Word after cutting or leading | 29 |
| Win by a nose with out | 23 |
| Where a skate meets the ice | 27 |
| What the house has at Reno | 26 |
| What nervous Nellies are on | 27 |
| What a slight favorite has | 26 |
| What a maven has over others | 28 |
| Trim the lawn and hedge? | 24 |
| The favorite's got it | 25 |
| Tense, after "on" | 27 |
| Take the ___ off (dull) | 23 |
| Suspenseful part of the seat | 28 |
| Something bad to be on | 22 |
| Slight lead in the polls | 24 |
| Sharp part of a razor blade | 27 |
| S.C. Johnson shaving gel | 24 |
| Razor's sharp part | 22 |
| Proceed by moving sideways | 26 |
| One of twelve on a cube | 23 |
| One of a die's dozen | 24 |
| One of a cube's 12 | 22 |
| One of 30 on an icosahedron | 27 |
| Nervous, after "on" | 29 |
| Larry Mullen, Jr. bandmate | 26 |
| Keenness, as of appetite | 24 |
| Jittery people are on it | 24 |
| David Howell Evans nickname | 27 |
| Business part of a blade | 24 |
| Blade's sharp side | 22 |