| CLUE | "Aging aid," e.g. |
| CLUE | "Assumed, as an alias" in this puzzle, for one |
| CLUE | "Get a ___!" |
| CLUE | "Get a ___!" (something you can nonsarcastically tell a detective) |
| CLUE | "Get a ___!" (something you can non-sarcastically tell a detective) |
| CLUE | "Guess who" game |
| CLUE | "I don't have a ___!" ("No idea!") |
| CLUE | "I don't have a ___!" (no idea whatsoever) |
| CLUE | "I don't have a ___" ("Beats me") |
| CLUE | "I have no ___" |
| CLUE | "I have no ___" (no idea) |
| CLUE | "Not a __": "No idea" |
| CLUE | "Professor Plum, in the library, with the candlestick" board game |
| CLUE | "The ___ in the Diary" (Nancy Drew book) |
| CLUE | "What was your first ___?" ("Duh!") |
| CLUE | 1985 comedy starring Eileen Brennan and Tim Curry |
| CLUE | 1985 cult-classic film with the line “Husbands should be like Kleenex: soft, strong, and disposable” |
| CLUE | 1985 film comedy starring Eileen Brennan and Tim Curry |
| CLUE | 1985 film comedy starring Eileen Brennan as Mrs Peacock |
| CLUE | 1985 movie based on a board game |
| CLUE | 1985 movie based on a murder mystery board game of the same name where players identify the killer, their weapon, and the scene of crime |
| CLUE | 1985 movie comedy that was released to theaters with three different endings |
| CLUE | 1985 movie with three possible endings |
| CLUE | 1985 murder-mystery comedy based on a board game |
| CLUE | 1985 mystery comedy movie based on a board game, starring Michael McKean and Eileen Brennan |
| CLUE | 1985 mystery film based on a board game |
| CLUE | A crossword editor has to be very careful when changing one--unlike this puzzle's editor, who was careless four times herein |
| CLUE | A detective looks for one of these to solve a mystery |
| CLUE | A ditz hasn't one |
| CLUE | Aid for Sherlock |
| CLUE | Aid in solving a mystery |
| CLUE | Aid to solving a puzzle |
| CLUE | Airhead's lack? |
| CLUE | Answer guide? |
| CLUE | Answer's opposite |
| CLUE | Assistance for a sleuth |
| CLUE | Bit of evidence |
| CLUE | Bit of evidence for Sherlock |
| CLUE | Bit of evidence in a mystery |
| CLUE | Bit of help for a sleuth |
| CLUE | Board game |
| CLUE | Board game about finding Mr. Boddy's killer |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Colonel Mustard |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Dr. Orchid |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Dr. Orchid and Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Miss Scarlet and Mrs. Peacock |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Mrs. Peacock |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Mrs. White and Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Board game set in Mr. Boddy's mansion |
| CLUE | Board game that became a 1985 movie starring Tim Curry |
| CLUE | Board game that begins with a murder |
| CLUE | Board game that begins with the murder of Mr. Boddy |
| CLUE | Board game where you might take the secret passage to the lounge |
| CLUE | Board game with Miss Scarlett |
| CLUE | Board game with Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Board game with Professor Plum and a candlestick |
| CLUE | Board game with Professor Plum and a lead pipe |
| CLUE | Board game with a Billiard Room and Ballroom |
| CLUE | Board game with a billiards room |
| CLUE | Board game with a candlestick |
| CLUE | Board game with a secret passageway from the conservatory to the lounge |
| CLUE | Board game with accusations |
| CLUE | Board game with nine rooms |
| CLUE | Board game with rooms |
| CLUE | Board game with rooms and weapons |
| CLUE | Board game with rooms, weapons, and suspects |
| CLUE | Board game with six colorful suspects |
| CLUE | Board game with six suspects |
| CLUE | Board game with suspects |
| CLUE | Board game with suspects and weapons |
| CLUE | Board game with suspects, rooms, and weapons |
| CLUE | Board game with weapons |
| CLUE | Board game with weapons and suspects |
| CLUE | Board game with weapons, rooms, and suspects |
| CLUE | Carpet fiber or human hair, maybe |
| CLUE | Case-solving aid |
| CLUE | Catnip for sherlock holmes |
| CLUE | Classic board game |
| CLUE | Classic whodunit board game |
| CLUE | Col. Mustard's game |
| CLUE | Colonel Mustard's game |
| CLUE | Columbo's tidbit |
| CLUE | Crime scene find |
| CLUE | Crime-scene discovery |
| CLUE | Crime-solving board game |
| CLUE | Crime-solving game |
| CLUE | Crime-solving hint |
| CLUE | Crossword component |
| CLUE | Crossword definition |
| CLUE | Crossword essential |
| CLUE | Crossword feature |
| CLUE | Crossword hint |
| CLUE | Crossword item |
| CLUE | Crossword part in a list |
| CLUE | Crossword puzzle prompt |
| CLUE | Crossword solver's aid |
| CLUE | Crossword solver's help |
| CLUE | Crossword solver's hint |
| CLUE | Crossword solver's need, say |
| CLUE | Crossword-solving aid |
| CLUE | Crossword-solving need |
| CLUE | Cult comedy film featuring Christopher Lloyd as Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Detective's aid |
| CLUE | Detective's case-solving aid |
| CLUE | Detective's discovery |
| CLUE | Detective's find |
| CLUE | Detective's helpful find |
| CLUE | Detective's helpful hint |
| CLUE | Detective's hint |
| CLUE | Detective's hint or need |
| CLUE | Detective's hint, say |
| CLUE | Detective's lead |
| CLUE | Detective's need |
| CLUE | Detective's quest |
| CLUE | Detective's sought-after board game? |
| CLUE | Detectives' board game |
| CLUE | Detective’s find |
| CLUE | Element in a whodunnit |
| CLUE | Escape room find |
| CLUE | Film starring Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn loosely based on a board game |
| CLUE | Fingerprint found at a crime scene, for example |
| CLUE | Fingerprint or dropped handkerchief, say |
| CLUE | Fingerprint or footprint, perhaps |
| CLUE | Fingerprint, for a detective |
| CLUE | Fingerprint, often |
| CLUE | Fingerprint, perhaps |
| CLUE | Fingerprint, to a detective |
| CLUE | Footprint or fingerprint, say |
| CLUE | Footprint or loose thread, perhaps |
| CLUE | Footprint or thumbprint, perhaps |
| CLUE | Footprint, e.g. |
| CLUE | Footprint, maybe |
| CLUE | Footprint, to a detective |
| CLUE | Game associated with the starts of 17-, 23-, 32-, 40-, 47- and 54-Across |
| CLUE | Game in which Mr. Boddy is a victim |
| CLUE | Game involving a rope |
| CLUE | Game involving suspects, weapons, and rooms |
| CLUE | Game name |
| CLUE | Game of who, what and where |
| CLUE | Game played on a board, unlike 15-Across, 17-Across, 27-Across, 35-Across, 45-Across, and 47-Across |
| CLUE | Game played with a knife |
| CLUE | Game played with a revolver |
| CLUE | Game played with a rope |
| CLUE | Game played with weapons |
| CLUE | Game that begins with the murder of Mr. Boddy |
| CLUE | Game that includes Colonel Mustard |
| CLUE | Game that involves weapons |
| CLUE | Game where the solution might be "Miss Scarlet with the wrench in the lounge" |
| CLUE | Game whose "Discover the Secrets" version includes a baseball bat and a dumbbell |
| CLUE | Game whose board depicts a mansion |
| CLUE | Game with Colonel Mustard and Mrs. Peacock |
| CLUE | Game with Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Game with Mrs. White and Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Game with a Billiard Room |
| CLUE | Game with a candlestick and Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Game with a library |
| CLUE | Game with colorful names? |
| CLUE | Game with nine rooms |
| CLUE | Game with rooms |
| CLUE | Game with rooms and weapons |
| CLUE | Game with six suspects |
| CLUE | Game with six suspects, six weapons, and nine rooms |
| CLUE | Game with six weapons |
| CLUE | Game with suspect tokens |
| CLUE | Game with suspects |
| CLUE | Game with suspects, rooms and weapons |
| CLUE | Game with two secret passages |
| CLUE | Game-based film starring Tim Curry and Madeline Kahn |
| CLUE | Hasn't a __; is in the dark |
| CLUE | Help for Nancy Drew |
| CLUE | Help for a detective |
| CLUE | Help for a sleuth |
| CLUE | Help in solving a mystery |
| CLUE | Helpful find for a detective |
| CLUE | Helpful hint |
| CLUE | Helpful information |
| CLUE | Hint |
| CLUE | Hint for Holmes |
| CLUE | Hint for Nancy Drew |
| CLUE | Hint for Sherlock |
| CLUE | Hint for Sherlock Holmes |
| CLUE | Hint for a crossword answer |
| CLUE | Hint for a crossword solver |
| CLUE | Hint for a detective |
| CLUE | Hint for a detective, say |
| CLUE | Hint for a puzzle solver |
| CLUE | Hint for someone trying to solve a mystery |
| CLUE | Hint for someone trying to unravel a mystery |
| CLUE | Hint in a crossword puzzle |
| CLUE | Hint in a mystery |
| CLUE | Hint in a whodunit |
| CLUE | Hint on "NYPD Blue" |
| CLUE | Hint that helps solve a puzzle |
| CLUE | Hint to a crossword answer |
| CLUE | Hint, like the one you are reading now |
| CLUE | Hint, like this one |
| CLUE | Hunt hint |
| CLUE | Idea |
| CLUE | Identify this game by its pieces! Suspect cards, weapon cards, room cards, and dice |
| CLUE | Important piece of information in a mystery story |
| CLUE | Indication |
| CLUE | Inform, with ''in'' |
| CLUE | Inkling |
| CLUE | Investigation aid |
| CLUE | It has colorful suspects |
| CLUE | It has nine rooms |
| CLUE | It helps solve a puzzle (what you are reading!) |
| CLUE | It leads to an answer in a crossword |
| CLUE | It may be found with a magnifying glass |
| CLUE | It's played with a rope |
| CLUE | It's played with a rope and knife |
| CLUE | Lead |
| CLUE | Lead for Charlie Chan |
| CLUE | Like the one you're reading right now |
| CLUE | Like this hint |
| CLUE | Lipstick print, maybe |
| CLUE | Logic-based board game |
| CLUE | Miss Scarlet's board game |
| CLUE | Miss Scarlet's game |
| CLUE | Movie based on a board game |
| CLUE | Movie in which Christopher Lloyd played Professor Plum |
| CLUE | Mr. Boddy's game |
| CLUE | Mrs. Peacock's game |
| CLUE | Murder mystery board game |
| CLUE | Murder mystery boardgame |
| CLUE | Murder-mystery board game |
| CLUE | Murder-mystery board game with accusations |
| CLUE | Mystery element |
| CLUE | Mystery novel element |
| CLUE | Mystery solver's hint |
| CLUE | Mystery-solver's aid |
| CLUE | Mystery-themed board game that now features Dr. Orchid |
| CLUE | Nine-room game |
| CLUE | Object under a magnifying glass, maybe |
| CLUE | Observatory site? |
| CLUE | One may be left at the scene of a crime |
| CLUE | One of 76 in this puzzle |
| CLUE | One of 77 in this puzzle |
| CLUE | One of 78 in front of you |
| CLUE | One of this puzzle's 144 |
| CLUE | Piece of evidence |
| CLUE | Piece of evidence for a detective |
| CLUE | Piece of evidence for a detective? |
| CLUE | Piece of evidence in crime solving |
| CLUE | Piece of whodunit evidence |
| CLUE | Pointer |
| CLUE | Pointer in a mystery |
| CLUE | Pointer in mystery |
| CLUE | Popular board game |
| CLUE | Print, e.g. |
| CLUE | Print, maybe |
| CLUE | Print, perhaps |
| CLUE | Problem-solving aid |
| CLUE | Problem-solving hint |
| CLUE | Professor Plum's game |
| CLUE | Prompt pupil included hint |
| CLUE | Prompt student included hint |
| CLUE | Prompt, having left a hint |
| CLUE | Puzzle aid |
| CLUE | Puzzle feature |
| CLUE | Puzzle piece |
| CLUE | Puzzle solver's aid |
| CLUE | Puzzle solver's help |
| CLUE | Puzzle solver's necessity |
| CLUE | Puzzle solvers help |
| CLUE | Puzzle-solving aid |
| CLUE | Roomy recreation? |
| CLUE | See 24-Across |
| CLUE | Sherlock's find |
| CLUE | Shoe impression, maybe |
| CLUE | Shred of evidence |
| CLUE | Signal has left evidence |
| CLUE | Single hair on a carpet, maybe |
| CLUE | Sleuth's find |
| CLUE | Sleuth's lead |
| CLUE | Sleuth's need |
| CLUE | Sleuthing aid |
| CLUE | Sleuth’s aid |
| CLUE | Sleuth’s lead |
| CLUE | Slightest idea |
| CLUE | Solver's help |
| CLUE | Solving aid |
| CLUE | Something a detective may follow |
| CLUE | Something dropped in a mystery novel |
| CLUE | Something that gives a hint of the answer (just like this one) |
| CLUE | Something that helps a detective crack the case |
| CLUE | Space cadet's need? |
| CLUE | Spade aid |
| CLUE | Stray hair on a carpet, to a detective |
| CLUE | These words |
| CLUE | These words, for example |
| CLUE | This is a self-referential example |
| CLUE | This is an example of one |
| CLUE | This is one |
| CLUE | This is one of 78 here |
| CLUE | This one has five words |
| CLUE | This, e.g. |
| CLUE | This, for example |
| CLUE | This, for example? |
| CLUE | This, for one |
| CLUE | Tim Curry/Madeline Kahn film based on a board game |
| CLUE | Tip |
| CLUE | Tip for a crime solver |
| CLUE | Tip-off |
| CLUE | Tire track or footprint, perhaps |
| CLUE | Tire track, perhaps |
| CLUE | What Blue may find in a Nickelodeon kid's show |
| CLUE | What Blue may find on Nickelodeon? |
| CLUE | What a loose thread might be |
| CLUE | What a private eye may eye |
| CLUE | What could help a private eye crack a case? |
| CLUE | What is helping you find each word on this crossword |
| CLUE | What leads you to an answer in a crossword |
| CLUE | What this is |
| CLUE | What this is for 1-Down |
| CLUE | What this is, for 13-Down |
| CLUE | What you are reading right now |
| CLUE | What you solve to figure out a crossword answer |
| CLUE | What you're looking at now |
| CLUE | What you're reading now |
| CLUE | What you're reading now? |
| CLUE | What you're reading right now |
| CLUE | Whodunit assistance |
| CLUE | Whodunit board game |
| CLUE | Whodunit element |
| CLUE | Whodunit game |
| CLUE | Whodunit hint |
| CLUE | Whodunit lead |
| CLUE | Whodunit's hint |
| CLUE | With 12-Down, secretly plots (with) |
| CLUE | With 67-Across, "I need a hint" and a hint to uncovering four famous detectives |
| CLUE | Word in many a Nancy Drew title |
| CLUE | You're looking at one |
| CLUE | You're reading it |
| CLUE | You're reading one |
| CLUE | You're reading one now |
| CLUE | You're reading one right now |
| CLUE | Your current reading |
| CLUE | [What goes here] |
| CLUE | ___ numbers (important parts of a crossword) |