| 100% | ELLERY | 6 | ___ Queen, crime novel pseudonym |
| 63% | ELLERY | 6 | Famous crime fiction writer's pseudonym: __ Queen |
| 62% | BLAZE | 5 | 2007 crime novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman |
| 55% | MYSTERIES | 9 | Crime novels |
| 54% | CAPER | 5 | Crime novel plot |
| 53% | SILKWORM | 8 | "The ___," 2014 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith |
| 51% | LECARRE | 7 | Spy novel pseudonym |
| 51% | CAREEROF | 8 | "___ Evil," 2015 crime fiction novel by J.K. Rowling published under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith: 2 wds. |
| 47% | STRIP | 5 | 2010 crime novel by Thomas Perry |
| 47% | JACKPOT | 7 | 1995 crime novel by Alan Hunter |
| 47% | GRAVE | 5 | 2002 crime novel by Kathy Reichs |
| 47% | SKIN | 4 | 2009 crime novel by Mo Hayder |
| 47% | GORKY | 5 | “___ Park” (Martin Cruz Smith crime novel) |
| 47% | TEC | 3 | Private eye, in old crime novels |
| 47% | MISTAKE | 7 | Crime novel by Dame Edith Ngaio Marsh: A Grave __ |
| 46% | HIDE | 4 | Ian Rankin's crime novel "___ and Seek" |
| 46% | ALIBI | 5 | "'A' Is for ___" (Sue Grafton crime novel) |
| 46% | DAHLIA | 6 | The Black __, 1987 James Ellroy crime novel |
| 46% | MOONSTONE | 9 | Wilkie Collins crime novel about jewels, The __ |
| 46% | FREEZER | 7 | 1999 crime novel by Joe R Lansdale |
| 46% | ELLERY | 6 | Queen who wrote popular novels |
| 45% | SILVERPIGS | 10 | The —, 1989 historical crime novel by Lindsey Davis |
| 45% | DIVA | 4 | 1979 Daniel Odier crime novel set in Paris |
| 45% | HARRYHOLE | 9 | Norwegian detective in Jo Nesbø's crime novels |
| 45% | KAY | 3 | ___ Scarpetta (heroine of 20+ Patricia Cornwall crime novels) |
| 45% | THETRIAL | 8 | Crime and punishment novel by Kafka |
| 44% | LARSSON | 7 | Stieg —, Swedish author of the Millennium crime novel trilogy |
| 44% | GORKY | 5 | __ Park, Cold War crime novel by Martin Cruz Smith |