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