WFCS Mystery Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. A fact or object that gives information toward solving the crime
  2. 5. This guy invented the modern detective story
  3. 6. A reason for doing something (like committing a crime)
  4. 11. To infer by logical reasoning
  5. 12. A detective's What’s a detective’s favorite exercise is jumping to ___
  6. 13. A misleading or false clue
Down
  1. 1. The person who is thought to be guilty
  2. 3. The title of the first modern detective story: The Murders in the ___ ___
  3. 4. Why did the detective go broke? He lost all his ____
  4. 7. A thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime
  5. 8. Why did the detective get kicked out of the library? He kept checking out too many ___
  6. 9. Someone who saw something related to a crime
  7. 10. A person whose occupation is to investigate and solve crimes