Across
- 4. word for a secret political clique or faction united in a plot
- 6. authors who wrote a book about a girl with an interesting tattoo
- 11. What did Winston Churchill define as "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma"?
- 12. this famous author went missing for 11 days in 1926
- 14. main word for someone who puzzles out mysteries
- 16. word meaning to confuse someone, synonymous with bemuse baffle bewilder
- 18. sticky name for a detective
- 19. What is the name of the Mystery Cat, also called the Hidden Paw, in T. S. Eliot's 1939 poetry book Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats?
- 20. word for a confusing or difficult problem to solve
- 21. the dresden files focused on this type of mystery - which include black magic, mystic, supernatural
- 23. this is the characther's first name by Jim butcher in The Dresden Files _____ Blackstone Copperfield Dresden
- 25. another name for detective - comes from the old norse word for tail
- 26. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most logical detective
- 28. this famous fictional female sleuth was first written about in 1930
- 31. last name for this british author who created the sleuth detective Lord Peter Wimsey. Dorothy _____
- 32. common tool of detectives ______-glass
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- 1. In North American folklore, what alternative name is used for the mysterious ape-like creature known as Bigfoot?
- 2. first name of Agatha Christie's belgian detective
- 3. this comedy tv show depicted a psychic detective and his side kick gus whos business was called _____
- 5. Established in 2009 the National Mystery month was started by
- 7. pseudonym used by Stephen King
- 8. this van was the transport for the greatest animated detective group
- 9. the book The Thomas Berryman Number was the first book by this famous author that was turned down by 31 publishers, but later won the Edgar aware for best first novel
- 10. legendary creature said to have inhabited the drier regions of colorado?
- 13. Name the novel by Italian author Umberto Eco which is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327?
- 15. this word for difficult puzzle can also be found in Gotham's Riddler's other name
- 17. this kind of person is someone who investigates mysteries but isn't on the police force
- 22. comedy tv mystery show featured a OCD detective Tony Shalhoub
- 24. this colorado radio host is also an author who wrote several books that include the sifi mystery series Galahad
- 27. Stephen King used a pseudonym because at the time authors were discouraged from writing more than _____ book a year
- 29. What has the Loch Ness monster been affectionately called since the 1940s?
- 30. the book "A ______ Murderer" was written by Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Dorothy Salisbury Davis