| Perry Mason's Gardner | 25 |
| Perry Mason's creator | 25 |
| Oilman ___ P. Halliburton | 25 |
| Oil tycoon Halliburton | 22 |
| Novelist ___ Stanley Gardner | 28 |
| Name on over 75 whodunits | 25 |
| Name on a 1962 Edgar Award | 26 |
| Mystery-writing first name | 26 |
| He dreamed up Perry and Della | 29 |
| He created Perry and Della | 26 |
| Good name for a nobleman | 24 |
| Gardner's first name | 24 |
| Gardner who invented cases | 26 |
| Gardner of pulp fiction | 23 |
| Gardner a k a A. A. Fair | 24 |
| First name of mysteries | 23 |
| First name in mystery novels | 28 |
| First name in mystery lore | 26 |
| First name in legal fiction | 27 |
| First name in case fiction | 26 |
| Filmmaker ___ C. Kenton | 23 |
| Eponymous oilman Halliburton | 28 |
| Dashiell's contemporary | 27 |
| Dashiell contemporary? | 22 |
| Creator of Hamilton and Perry | 29 |
| Creator of D.A. Hamilton | 24 |
| Contemporary of Ellery | 22 |
| Attorney Perry's creator | 28 |
| A Gardner who sounds noble | 26 |
| A first name in whodunit lore | 29 |
| A first name in mystery | 23 |
| A first name in fiction | 23 |
| A contemporary of Dashiell | 26 |
| ___ Wilson, Aussie novelist | 27 |
| Memorable writer Bombeck | 24 |
| Humor columnist Bombeck | 23 |
| Bombeck, the columnist | 22 |
| First name in household humor | 29 |
| "Cope Book" aunt | 26 |
| Late columnist Bombeck | 22 |
| Gospel singer Franklin | 22 |
| First name in suburban humor | 28 |
| "Cope Book" name | 26 |
| Writer Calderon or Bombeck | 26 |
| Suburban comic Bombeck | 22 |
| Ohio-born humorist Bombeck | 26 |
| Grammy-nominated Franklin | 25 |
| First name in witty writings | 28 |
| First name in newspaper humor | 29 |
| First name in household wit | 27 |
| First name in home humor | 24 |
| First name in anecdotes | 23 |
| Bombeck of household humor | 26 |
| Bombeck of the papers | 22 |
| Big name in household humor | 27 |
| Aretha's singing sister | 27 |
| Aretha Franklin's sister | 28 |
| ___ Bombeck, author-columnist | 29 |
| "Aunt __ Cope Book" | 29 |
| Bombeck's namesakes | 23 |
| Writer Bombeck and namesakes | 28 |
| Humorist Bombeck et al. | 23 |
| Bombeck's namesakes | 24 |
| Member of the weasel family | 27 |
| He's a real weasel | 22 |
| Weasel of northern regions | 26 |
| Politically incorrect coat | 26 |
| Parliamentary robe trimming | 27 |
| Furrier's offering | 22 |
| Sources of prized pelts | 23 |
| White-tailed sea eagle | 22 |
| Bald eagle's relative | 25 |
| Bald eagle's cousin | 23 |
| Suffix with east or west | 24 |
| Suffix with north or south | 26 |
| Suffix for north or south | 25 |
| Follower of directions? | 23 |
| Bulky grayish-brown eagle | 25 |
| Suffix for south or west | 24 |
| It can follow directions | 24 |
| Eagle surmounting a wave | 24 |
| This may follow directions | 26 |
| Suffix with cardinal points | 27 |
| Suffix with a cardinal point | 28 |
| North or south follower | 23 |
| It may follow directions | 24 |
| It follows any direction | 24 |
| Follower of directions | 22 |
| Fish-eating coastal bird | 24 |
| Ending for east or west | 23 |
| Ending for a cardinal point | 27 |
| Cousin of a bald eagle | 22 |
| Bird with a white tail | 22 |
| "Northeast" ending | 28 |
| Suffix with east or north | 25 |
| Suffix with directions | 22 |
| Suffix on north or south | 24 |
| Suffix for north or east | 24 |
| Suffix for any cardinal point | 29 |
| Suffix for "east" | 27 |