| 100% | DOSTOYEVSKY | 11 | He of "crime and punishment" |
| 68% | PENALCODE | 9 | Law governing crime and punishment |
| 64% | THETRIAL | 8 | Crime and punishment novel by Kafka |
| 64% | PENAL | 5 | Concerning crime and punishment |
| 62% | PENALCODE | 9 | Laws relating to crime and punishment |
| 62% | LANDAU | 6 | Star of Crimes and Misdemeanors: Martin __ |
| 61% | PENAL | 5 | ___ code (laws dealing with crime and punishment) |
| 59% | LIGHTINAUGUST | 13 | 1932 novel of crime and race by 40-Across |
| 54% | SONYA | 5 | "Crime and Punishment" heroine |
| 54% | SAINTPETERSBURG | 15 | "Crime and Punishment" setting |
| 54% | RUSSIA | 6 | "Crime and Punishment" country |
| 54% | FYODORDOSTOYEVSKY | 17 | ''Crime and Punishment ''author |
| 53% | SLAUGHTER | 9 | Karin —, author of crime novels Pretty Girls, Triptych and Indelible |
| 53% | ASSAD | 5 | The U.N. accused him of war crimes in 2013 |
| 53% | GARFUNKEL | 9 | He and Simon sang The Sound of Silence |
| 53% | DOSTOEVSKYNOVEL | 15 | ''Crime and Punishment,'' for one |
| 53% | PRISONSENTENCES | 15 | "Crime and Punishment," e.g.? |
| 52% | GAR | 3 | ___ Anthony Haywood, writer of crime and mystery fiction who also writes under the name Ray Shannon |
| 51% | DAGAMA | 6 | He sighted and named Natal on Christmas Day of 1497 |
| 51% | ELTONJOHN | 9 | He sang Tiny Dancer, Rocket Man and Circle of Life |
| 50% | IDENTITYTHEFT | 13 | Crime of which 17-, 26-, 51- and 59-Across are victims? |
| 50% | THEDEVIL | 8 | Speak of him and he might just show up |
| 50% | SONYA | 5 | Raskolnikov's love in "Crime and Punishment" |
| 50% | ANTIHERO | 8 | Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment," e.g. |
| 50% | SONYA | 5 | Raskolnikov's lover in "Crime and Punishment" |
| 50% | VALENTINE | 9 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona are him and Proteus |
| 49% | DNASAMPLE | 9 | Crime lab specimen, and a part of 17-, 28- and 47-Across |
| 49% | JUDELAW | 7 | He plays Dumbledore in "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald": 2 wds. |
| 49% | RODIN | 5 | He called his field "the art of the hole and the lump" |
| 49% | BRIMSTONE | 9 | Biblical punishment of fire and this |