| Thing to carry in a boardroom | 29 |
| Subject of kinetics | 19 |
| Senate-floor proposal | 21 |
| Proposal on Capitol Hill | 24 |
| One may be on the floor | 23 |
| Kinetics concern | 16 |
| It may be seconded | 18 |
| Signaled by gesturing | 21 |
| Gestured | 8 |
| Truism (Part 3) | 15 |
| Whodunit component | 18 |
| Accompanier of means and opportunity | 36 |
| Reasoning behind a crime | 24 |
| Criminal's reason | 21 |
| Whodunit's why | 18 |
| Whodunit necessity | 18 |
| Trial attorney's concern | 28 |
| Stimulus or goal | 16 |
| Sleuth's object | 19 |
| Reason for a crime | 18 |
| Mystery-plot element | 20 |
| Murder mystery necessity | 24 |
| Greed or revenge, perhaps | 25 |
| Envy, anger or greed, maybe | 27 |
| Detective's determination | 29 |
| Columbo's concern | 21 |
| Cause for a crime | 17 |
| Aspect of a crime investigation | 31 |
| Whys and wherefores | 19 |
| Whodunits' reasons | 22 |
| Whodunit explanations | 21 |
| Whodunit components | 19 |
| Reasons, in whodunits | 21 |
| Reasons for action | 18 |
| Jurors' considerations | 26 |
| Investigation factors | 21 |
| Crime show concerns | 19 |
| Columbo concerns | 16 |
| Assorted | 8 |
| Ragtag | 6 |
| Kind of crew | 12 |
| Widely diverse | 14 |
| Very varied | 11 |
| Variegated in color | 19 |
| Raggle-taggle | 13 |
| Multi-colored garment of a jester | 33 |
| Kaleidoscopic | 13 |
| Disparate | 9 |
| Crüe-ish? | 12 |
| Colorfully diverse | 18 |
| ___ Crüe | 11 |
| Marquand sleuth | 15 |
| Sleuth | 6 |
| Role for Lorre | 14 |
| Marquand's sleuth | 21 |
| Sleuth played by Lorre | 22 |
| Racing prefix for cross | 23 |
| Mr. ___ (Peter Lorre role) | 26 |
| Marquand's Mr. | 18 |
| Lorre role | 10 |
| Eight-time Lorre role | 21 |
| Marquand's Mr. ___ | 22 |
| Marquand crime-solver | 21 |
| Lorre's detective | 21 |
| Lorre film persona | 18 |
| John P. Marquand detective | 26 |
| John P. Marquand character | 26 |
| Secret agent created by John P. Marquand | 40 |
| Repeated role for Lorre | 23 |
| Prefix with cross | 17 |
| Peter Lorre's Mr. | 21 |
| Peter Lorre role Mr. ___ | 24 |
| Mysterious Mr. | 14 |
| Mr. of mystery | 14 |
| Mr. of mysteries | 16 |
| Mr. ___, John P. Marquand detective | 35 |
| Mr. ___, Japanese sleuth | 24 |
| Mr. ___ (Peter Lorre film sleuth) | 33 |
| Marquand's Asian agent | 26 |
| Marquand shamus | 15 |
| Marquand detective | 18 |
| John P. Marquand's fictional secret agent | 45 |
| Japanese sleuth, Mr. ___ | 24 |
| Japanese sleuth Mr. ___ | 23 |
| Japanese sleuth Mr. __ | 22 |
| J. P. Marquand's Mr. ___ | 28 |
| Fictional sleuth who first appeared in the Saturday Evening Post | 64 |
| Fictional sleuth Mr. __ | 23 |
| Fictional Mr. ___ | 17 |
| Fictional gumshoe | 17 |
| Fictional detective skilled in judo | 35 |
| Far Eastern detective played by Lorre | 37 |
| Detective portrayed by Lorre | 28 |
| Cross starter | 13 |
| Con __: briskly, on scores | 26 |
| Con __: briskly, in music | 25 |
| Con ___ (rather fast, in music) | 31 |
| Con ___ (animatedly, in music) | 30 |
| Cab driver? | 11 |
| Agent inspired by Chan | 22 |