Genre: Mystery

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Across
  1. 1. a false clue that throws the investigator off track
  2. 3. Baker Street sleuth
  3. 5. to steal money or property entrusted to one's care
  4. 8. Excuse for being elsewhere during a crime
  5. 10. a guess or feeling not based on facts
  6. 12. Unsolved investigation reopened
  7. 14. Reason for committing a crime
  8. 15. Subgenre of crime mystery, dark cynical themes
  9. 16. Classic whodunit setting — no way in or out
  10. 17. Teen sleuth created by Carolyn Keene
Down
  1. 2. Frank and Joe, mystery-solving brothers
  2. 4. inference based on evidence
  3. 6. “Maltese Falcon” detective
  4. 7. Elderly sleuth of St. Mary Mead
  5. 9. evidence used to solve mystery
  6. 11. Tough, cynical detective fiction subgenre
  7. 13. Agatha Christie's detective