| "The Stephen King of children's literature" | 57 |
| "The Nightmare Room" series author R.L. | 49 |
| "The Horror at Camp Jellyjam" author | 46 |
| "Rotten School" series author | 39 |
| "Rotten School" author R.L. ___ | 41 |
| "Mostly Ghostly" book series author | 45 |
| "Mostly Ghostly" author | 33 |
| "Goosebumps" creator R.L. | 35 |
| "Goosebumps" creator R. L. ___ | 40 |
| "Goosebumps" creator | 30 |
| "Goosebumps" author R.L. | 34 |
| "Fear Street" author R.L. | 35 |
| "A Midsummer Night's Scream" author | 49 |
| 'Goosebumps' author | 27 |
| ''Goosebumps'' creator | 38 |
| Bee's defense | 17 |
| Scorpion attack | 15 |
| Ray's weapon | 16 |
| Undercover police operation | 27 |
| Police leader? | 14 |
| Newman-Redford film, with "The" | 41 |
| Entrapment | 10 |
| Confidence scheme | 17 |
| Bee attack | 10 |
| A criminal may be caught in one | 31 |
| "Ten Summoner's Tales" singer | 43 |
| Yellow jacket's defense | 27 |
| Wasp wound | 10 |
| Undercover op | 13 |
| The Police leader | 17 |
| Police setup | 12 |
| Police man? | 11 |
| Police leader, once | 19 |
| Jellyfish's defense | 23 |
| Jellyfish defense | 17 |
| Jellyfish attack | 16 |
| Hurt like heck | 14 |
| Crime fighter's tactic | 26 |
| Cops' lure | 14 |
| Con that cons a con man | 23 |
| Cheat a customer | 16 |
| Bees do it | 10 |
| Bee injury | 10 |
| Bee bite | 8 |
| Apiarist's risk | 19 |
| ''Roxanne'' singer | 34 |
| WINNOWING or ERECT | 18 |
| What some rays do | 17 |
| What drones can't do | 24 |
| Wasp attack | 11 |
| The Police singer | 17 |
| Subject of an urban legend about tantric sex | 44 |
| Singer Gordon Sumner | 20 |
| Sharp stimulus | 14 |
| Scam's cousin | 17 |
| Run-in with a bee | 17 |
| Rainforest Foundation founder | 29 |
| Puncture wound | 14 |
| Possible cause of a swelling | 28 |
| Police leader | 13 |
| Police con | 10 |
| Police captain? | 15 |
| Oscar winner of 1973 | 20 |
| One-named rocker/actor | 22 |
| Man-of-war attack | 17 |
| Lead singer with The Police | 27 |
| Jellyfish woe | 13 |
| It might be involved in a police roundup | 40 |
| It may make you smart | 21 |
| Iodine reaction | 15 |
| Former Police chief | 19 |
| Crime fighters' tactic | 26 |
| Conning plan | 12 |
| Con artfully | 12 |
| Chicago's soccer team | 25 |
| Chicago soccer team | 19 |
| Cheat a buyer | 13 |
| Cause of swelling, perhaps | 26 |
| Blender magazine ranked him #1 on its list of 40 worst lyricists in rock in 2007 | 80 |
| Best picture Oscar winner with The | 38 |
| Bee killer, at times | 20 |
| Attack, scorpion style | 22 |
| Attack, bee-style | 17 |
| Abscam, for one | 15 |
| Abscam, e.g. | 12 |
| 10-Grammy artist | 16 |
| "The ___" (Oscar film) | 32 |
| "The ___," 1973 film | 30 |
| "Every Breath You Take" singer | 40 |
| Part of a British rock-music collection | 39 |
| Undercover operations where agents can bring guests? | 52 |
| Easy marks for an FBI operation? | 32 |
| Act parsimoniously | 18 |
| Wasp's weapon | 17 |
| Hornet's defense | 20 |
| Brandy-based cocktail | 21 |
| Wasp weapon | 11 |
| Shoulder-launched missile | 25 |
| Scorpion's weapon | 21 |
| Heat-seeking missile | 20 |