Across
- 2. excuse or reason for not being the criminal
- 6. suspicious deaths
- 8. the poison that Mrs Ferrars used to kill herself
- 10. a substance that is capable of causing illness or death
- 11. Sheppard: the lady who knows everything
- 13. a reason for doing something
- 14. Ferrars: the lady who killed her husband and committed suicide
Down
- 1. type of knife
- 3. impossible to explain
- 4. deliberately killing yourself
- 5. Sheppard: the local physician who killed mr Ackroyd
- 7. contention or strife or argument
- 9. The detective neighbour
- 12. casual or unconstrained conversation involving details that aren't always true
- 14. Ackroyd: the man who had an affair with Mrs Ferrars