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