| 100% | ALDA | 4 | Alan of "Crimes and Misdemeanors" |
| 93% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan of "Crimes and Misdemeanors" |
| 84% | LANDAU | 6 | Star of Crimes and Misdemeanors: Martin __ |
| 71% | ALDA | 4 | "Crimes and Misdemeanors" actor Alan |
| 64% | FILCHINGFILLING | 15 | Pie crime and misdemeanor? |
| 59% | LIGHTINAUGUST | 13 | 1932 novel of crime and race by 40-Across |
| 56% | ALDA | 4 | Alan of "M*A*S*H" and "The West Wing" |
| 54% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan of the web series "Horace and Pete" |
| 54% | ALANALDA | 8 | "Crimes and Misdemeanors" star |
| 54% | ALDA | 4 | "Crimes and Misdemeanors" actor |
| 53% | SLAUGHTER | 9 | Karin —, author of crime novels Pretty Girls, Triptych and Indelible |
| 53% | ALDA | 4 | "Crimes and Misdemeanors" actor, 1989 |
| 52% | ALDA | 4 | Actor Alan of "M*A*S*H" and "The West Wing" |
| 52% | GAR | 3 | ___ Anthony Haywood, writer of crime and mystery fiction who also writes under the name Ray Shannon |
| 50% | IDENTITYTHEFT | 13 | Crime of which 17-, 26-, 51- and 59-Across are victims? |
| 50% | BENNINGTONCOLLE | 15 | Vermont alma mater of Alan Arkin and Peter Dinklage |
| 50% | ALDA | 4 | Last name of father/son actors Robert and Alan |
| 49% | BLEASDALE | 9 | Alan —, playwright; author of Channel 4 series GBH and Jake's Progress |
| 49% | HOLLINGHURST | 12 | Alan —, author of novels The Sparsholt Affair and The Stranger's Child |
| 49% | DNASAMPLE | 9 | Crime lab specimen, and a part of 17-, 28- and 47-Across |
| 49% | ALDA | 4 | Alan —, director, writer and star of 1986 film comedy Sweet Liberty |
| 49% | FLO | 3 | Co-worker of Jamie, Alan, and Mara, in Progressive ads |
| 48% | NESS | 4 | Crime-fighter of TV and film |
| 48% | PENGUIN | 7 | "Gentleman of Crime" who is a Gotham City mobster and is an adversary of Batman |
| 48% | DOSTOYEVSKY | 11 | He of "crime and punishment" |
| 48% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 47% | PATON | 5 | Alan —, author of the novels Cry, the Beloved Country and Too Late the Phalarope |
| 47% | POWERPUFFGIRLS | 14 | With “the,” animated crime-fighting trio consisting of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup |
| 47% | ARKIN | 5 | Last name of father-and-son actors Alan and Adam |
| 46% | NEONOIR | 7 | Genre that pays homage to dark crime films of the '40s and '50s |