Thanksgiving Forensics

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Across
  1. 4. Surgical knife (sharper than carving the turkey)
  2. 9. Study of insects (like flies buzzing around leftovers)
  3. 14. Strand from the body (not good in the mashed potatoes)
  4. 15. Examination after death (unlike a nap after turkey)
  5. 16. Impression left behind like greasy fingerprints on pie plates
  6. 18. Fire started deliberately (like a burnt green bean casserole)
  7. 19. Fragments that can shatter like a dropped cranberry sauce dish
  8. 22. Proof in court (stronger than “Grandma said so")
  9. 23. Study of firearms (much faster than carving knives)
  10. 24. Blood component (not red like cranberry souce)
  11. 25. Molded impression like a model of the turkey centerpiece
  12. 26. Standard sample (Grannie's famous pecan pie)
Down
  1. 1. Vital fluid spilled in crime scenes—not gravy
  2. 2. An act punishible by law (not cleaning the kitchen mess)
  3. 3. Person accused (not the one who ate all the pie)
  4. 5. Energy of motion (like kids running for pumpkin pie)
  5. 6. Someone who saw it happen (like spotting who stole the drumstick)
  6. 7. Larvae used in time of death estimates (not good in dressing)
  7. 8. Impression left behind (like muddy marks in Grandma's kitchen)
  8. 10. Poisonous substance (unlike the gravy)
  9. 11. The genetic recipe just as unique as Grandma’s stuffing
  10. 12. Hidden fingerprint (Like smudges on a pie plate)
  11. 13. Separating mixtures (like sorting pumpkin pie ingredients)
  12. 17. Tiny evidence left behind (like crumbs after Thanksgiving dinner)
  13. 20. Framework of bones (like turkey bones after dinner)
  14. 21. strand from clothing (much like a thread from a holiday sweater)