Across
- 3. to be set up to be accused of a crime (5)
- 4. the era in england in which Holmesian fiction is set (9)
- 6. ______-boiled, describes a gritty rule breaker (4)
- 8. describes behaviour that is not trustworthy (10)
- 11. a piece of evidence or information used in the detection of a crime (4)
- 12. another word for a detective; rhymes with tooth (6)
- 14. The protagonist of Holmesian crime fiction (8)
- 15. evidence or argument establishing a fact (5)
- 16. to collect and label evidence (3,3,3)
- 18. an untruth (3)
- 22. unique to everyone; can be dusted for (11)
- 24. the protagonist of Agatha Christie's short stories. Hercule ___________ (6)
Down
- 1. the name given to an unidentified female victim (4,3)
- 2. scientific tests for detecting crime (9)
- 5. a noir detective always smoke these (10)
- 7. a firearm (3)
- 9. a person thought to be guilty of a crime (7)
- 10. the process of asking a suspect questions (13)
- 13. 1940 slang for dying from being shot, ________ poisoning (4)
- 17. a story that shows that a suspect could not have committed the crime (5)
- 19. a major theft or robbery (5)
- 20. to obtain information in secret (3)
- 21. to stop living (3)
- 23. dark crime fiction characterised by doomed characters, (4)