| Felony |
The Times Concise |
23 Jan 2026 |
| Act that breaks the law, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
|
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| True ___ (podcast or documentary genre) |
|
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| Church has the edge in felony (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Misdemeanour (5) |
Mirror Quick |
03 Dec 2025 |
| Church has the edge in felony (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
27 Nov 2025 |
| Misdemeanour (5) |
Mirror Quick |
27 Nov 2025 |
| "Favorite ___" (2021 Olivia Rodrigo song) |
LA Times Mini |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Focus of forensics shows |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2025 |
| Any illegal activity |
Newsday |
29 Jul 2025 |
| An activity such as stealing which is against the law |
|
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| Credit me with including one felony (5) |
|
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| A nonpayer, we're told (5) |
|
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| Wrongdoing |
Family Time |
30 Jun 2025 |
| Arrestable offense |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jun 2025 |
| Credit given to large number that is surrounded by felony (5) |
|
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| Legal wrongdoing |
The Telegraph Mini |
23 Jun 2025 |
| Illegal act |
The Telegraph Quick |
13 May 2025 |
| Offence |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 May 2025 |
| Sin makes adult leave Black Sea region |
The Sun Two Speed |
12 May 2025 |
| Law breaking act; a genre of writing (5) |
|
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| Arson, for one |
Universal |
06 May 2025 |
| True ___ (podcast genre) |
|
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| Burglary, e.g. |
The Telegraph Plusword |
16 Apr 2025 |
| True ___ (podcast genre) |
Universal |
14 Apr 2025 |
| When it's cold with frost, it's illegal (5) |
|
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| Larceny, for example |
|
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| It doesn't pay, they say |
New York Times |
26 Mar 2025 |
| The C in CSI |
|
|
| Felony, e.g. |
The Telegraph Mini |
11 Mar 2025 |
| Illegal act |
Mirror Classic |
10 Mar 2025 |
| True ___ (podcast or documentary genre) |
|
|
| Dostoyevsky's "__ and Punishment" |
|
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| Emir returns after initially committing an illegal act (5) |
|
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| Any illegal activity |
Newsday |
03 Feb 2025 |
| Misdemeanour |
Mirror Quick |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Church has the edge in felony |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Jan 2025 |
| Punishable offence |
The Times Concise |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Partner in ___ (trusted companion) |
USA Today |
22 Jan 2025 |
| Wrongdoing |
The Telegraph Plusword |
13 Jan 2025 |
| "___ doesn't pay" |
|
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| Credit me for getting around one felony (5) |
|
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| Wrong and twisted heart of America (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
20 Dec 2024 |
| There may be a fine result when one commits it (5) |
|
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| Middle-America torn apart by serious wrongdoing (5) |
|
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| I need credit? Me? That's illegal! (5) |
|
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| Removing article from part of the Ukraine is an offence (5) |
|
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| Police matter |
Newsday |
01 Nov 2024 |
| Credit to setter's intelligence ultimately's an offence (5) |
|
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| Skirt in church causing offence (5) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
25 Oct 2024 |
| Eric has 1000 ways to break the law (5) |
|
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| An act that violates an act (5) |
|
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| Theft, e.g. |
Newsday |
06 Oct 2024 |
| America, inside borders, redefined unlawful acts? (5) |
|
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| See 5 Down |
Mirror Quiz |
23 Sep 2024 |
| 1999 Clint Eastwood drama starring the director as Steve Everett (5) |
|
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| Reportedly his best as a climber? (4,4) |
|
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| Non-paying offence, so it is said (5) |
|
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| "Law & Order: Organized __" |
|
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| To take article from part of the Ukraine is an offence (5) |
|
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| Act that breaks the law, and a word that rhymes with "time" |
|
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| Police matter |
Thomas Joseph |
10 Sep 2024 |
| A violation of the law. (5) |
|
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| Act punishable bylaw (5) |
|
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| Unlawful action (5) |
|
|
| True ___ (podcast genre) |
New York Times |
27 Aug 2024 |
| See 10 Across |
Mirror Quiz |
15 Aug 2024 |
| Offence |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Supposedly one won't pay credit I'm due, ultimately (5) |
|
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| It's wrong to credit one to me |
|
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| We need the force, with capital, to fight it (5) |
|
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| Misdemeanor or felony |
|
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| Illegal act |
Mirror Classic |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Illegal activity disturbing Central America |
|
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| Wrongdoing that's very wrong, in the heart of America (5) |
|
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| Disgraceful thing |
|
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| What is the focus for Detective Frost? (5) |
The Telegraph Toughie |
14 May 2024 |
| True ___ (podcast genre) |
New York Times Mini |
07 May 2024 |
| _ and Punishment, Dostoevsky novel published in 1866 (5) |
|
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| Murder, theft, etc. |
|
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| Misdemeanour |
Mirror Quick |
02 May 2024 |
| Credit one and have me show it doesn't pay? (5) |
|
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| Credit one - myself - with felony (5) |
Mirror Cryptic |
02 May 2024 |
| True ___ (podcast genre) |
|
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| Non-paying affair, murder, for argument's sake? (5) |
|
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| Television genre for shows like "The Sopranos" or "Law & Order" |
|
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| Its commission may well lead to a charge being made (5) |
|
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| "- and Punishment" |
|
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| Battery, e.g. |
Thomas Joseph |
20 Mar 2024 |
| Arson, e.g.; merci (anag.) (5) |
|
|
| "__ and Punishment" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Mar 2024 |
| "CSI: ___ Scene Investigation" |
|
|
| Word before ring or after true |
New York Times |
06 Mar 2024 |
| It can have an arresting consequence |
|
|
| Part of the Ukraine peninsula cleared of a law violation (5) |
|
|
| True ___ (podcast or documentary genre) |
|
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| "If you can't do the time, don't do the ___" |
|
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| "It's not unusual to go out at anytime; But when I see you out and about it's such a ...," sang Tom Jones |
|
|
| From wrongdoing, Al reformed: a miracle (5) |
|
|
| A wave to credit one politician with (5) |
|
|
| Misdemeanour |
Mirror Quick |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Credit one gets with post-viral syndrome is a felony (5) |
|
|
| Credit myself with one felony |
Mirror Cryptic |
22 Feb 2024 |
| To remove first-aid from Crimea is a felony (5) |
|
|
| Violation of law (5) |
|
|
| One gets me credit first for a felony (5) |
|
|
| Illegal action (5) |
|
|
| A violation of law (5) |
|
|
| Illegal act |
Mirror Classic |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Edge into church and sin |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Illegal act |
The Sun Two Speed |
15 Jan 2024 |
| Translation of 'merci' - it's illegal (5) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Jan 2024 |
| It does not pay (5) |
|
|
| Val McDermid's genre (5) |
|
|
| Credit myself with one felony |
Mirror Cryptic |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Misdemeanour |
Mirror Quick |
14 Dec 2023 |
| Mercifully, only half turned to wrongdoing (5) |
|
|
| Be gay, do ___ |
USA Today |
24 Nov 2023 |
| Illegal activity |
Newsday |
13 Aug 2023 |
| Harlan Coben genre |
LA Times Daily |
04 Aug 2023 |
| Battery, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
29 Jun 2023 |
| Illegal activity |
The Times Concise |
16 Jun 2023 |
| Battery, e.g |
Wall Street Journal |
11 May 2023 |
| Felony |
The Telegraph Quick |
18 Apr 2023 |
| Dostoevsky's classic novel about the dilemmas of Rodion Raskolnikov |
The Guardian Weekend |
18 Feb 2023 |
| Dostoevsky novel first published in serial form in 1866 |
The Guardian Weekend |
10 Dec 2022 |
| "Born a __": Trevor Noah memoir |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2022 |
| Unlawful act |
USA Today |
06 Jul 2022 |
| True ___ (podcast genre) |
|
|
| With 65-Across, investigation site, and a punny description of the HEIST answers |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Mar 2022 |
| Edge into church for sin |
|
|
| Edge into church for sin |
The Guardian Quiptic |
07 Feb 2022 |
| "Favorite ___," song by Olivia Rodrigo from her 2021 album "Sour" |
|
|
| Illegal act |
The Times Concise |
22 Nov 2021 |
| They say it doesn't pay |
Universal |
30 Oct 2021 |
| Illegal act |
The Telegraph Quick |
19 Oct 2021 |
| "...I've done my sentence but committed no ___..." ("We Are the Champions" lyrics) |
|
|
| "____ Story," '80s reality show that summarised felonies and offences from across the country |
|
|
| Illegal activity |
The Guardian Quick |
01 Oct 2021 |
| Police concern |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Sep 2021 |
| Action punishable by law |
Irish Times Simplex |
31 Aug 2021 |
| "___ and Punishment," novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky published in twelve installments in 1866 |
|
|
| Any illegal activity |
Newsday |
16 Aug 2021 |
| PC swap in Prime Suspect investigated for this |
|
|
| Unlawful act |
USA Today |
17 Jun 2021 |
| Unlawful act |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 Jun 2021 |
| It might be organized |
New York Times |
06 Jun 2021 |
| Felony |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 May 2021 |
| Felony, for example |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2021 |
| Caught on the border with drugs and is investigated by the guards |
Irish Times Crosaire |
19 Apr 2021 |
| Common genre of Stephen King novels |
|
|
| True ___ (genre of the podcast 'Serial') |
The Washington Post Sunday |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Concern for Superman |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2021 |
| "___ and Punishment," novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky which is an inspiration for dark academia |
|
|
| Offence that's typical for all sides today |
Irish Times Crosaire |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Stepping on money, e.g., in Thailand |
Universal |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Type of wave or spree |
The Washington Post |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Type of wave or spree |
LA Times Daily |
30 Jul 2020 |
| Perjury or piracy |
New York Times |
19 May 2020 |
| Illegal act |
The Times Concise |
20 Nov 2019 |
| Lip in church gives offence |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Illegal act |
The Sun Two Speed |
14 Nov 2019 |
| Felonious deed |
Jonesin |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Whodunit focus |
Newsday |
04 Oct 2019 |
| "C" in CSI |
|
|
| Focus for Detective Frost? |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Sep 2019 |
| Assault or kidnapping |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2019 |
| Action deserving prison time |
|
|
| Trial subject |
The Washington Post |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Trial subject |
LA Times Daily |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Action punishable by law |
Irish Times Simplex |
22 May 2019 |
| Cop's concern |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Mar 2019 |
| Arson or theft |
Newsday |
18 Feb 2019 |
| Assault or kidnapping |
|
|
| Trial subject |
|
|
| Offence |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Sin makes adult leave Black Sea region |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Dec 2018 |
| Offence |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Nov 2018 |
| Focus of much TV drama |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2018 |
| Focus of much TV drama |
The Washington Post |
07 Oct 2018 |
| . Taking cocaine and ecstasy across border! It could be organised? |
|
|
| Frost after cult's leader for murder, perhaps |
|
|
| Police concern |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Apr 2018 |
| It doesn't pay, it's said |
USA Today |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Felony |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2018 |
| Translation of 'merci' – it's illegal |
The Sun Two Speed |
31 Jan 2018 |
| Location of war not American wrongdoing |
|
|
| It doesn't pay, it's said |
|
|
| Focus of much TV drama |
|
|
| CSI part |
USA Today |
03 Dec 2017 |
| Caught on border with Spain and it's a matter for the guards |
Irish Times Crosaire |
09 Nov 2017 |
| Part of a record |
The Washington Post Sunday |
24 Sep 2017 |
| Indictable offence |
Canadiana |
31 Jul 2017 |
| Felony or misdemeanor |
Newsday |
24 Jul 2017 |
| Perjury, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
16 Jul 2017 |
| Malfeasance |
Universal |
03 Jul 2017 |
| Basis of a whodunit |
USA Today |
01 May 2017 |
| Focus of Detective Frost? |
|
|
| It's even worse when it's organized |
Universal |
02 Mar 2017 |
| Malfeasance |
|
|
| CSI part |
|
|
| It's even worse when it's organized |
|
|
| Basis of a whodunit |
|
|
| Police matter |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2016 |
| Unlawful activity |
Newsday |
02 Nov 2016 |
| One usually requires the presence of a copper battery, say |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
20 Oct 2016 |
| Retired military commander caught shoplifting, say |
The Times Cryptic |
02 Sep 2016 |
| Retired military commander caught shoplifting, say |
|
|
| Part of CSI |
USA Today |
28 Jun 2016 |
| Illegal activity |
Newsday |
27 Apr 2016 |
| Black Sea peninsula loses area in unlawful act |
|
|
| Legal offence |
The Times Concise |
18 Apr 2016 |
| '___ and Punishment' |
New York Times |
18 Apr 2016 |
| Laundering, maybe |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Mar 2016 |
| Whodunit deed |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2016 |
| Sherlock Holmes's focus |
The Washington Post |
10 Mar 2016 |
| Burglary, for one |
LA Times Daily |
08 Mar 2016 |
| Police chief's concern |
The Washington Post |
01 Mar 2016 |
| Felon's deed |
Premier Sunday |
21 Feb 2016 |
| Battery, e.g |
Thomas Joseph |
19 Feb 2016 |
| Part of CSI |
|
|
| Job that doesn't pay? |
LA Times Daily |
29 Dec 2015 |
| Battery, for one |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Nov 2015 |
| Punishable offence |
The Times Concise |
06 Nov 2015 |
| Bad thing to be organized |
Universal |
19 Sep 2015 |
| Church covering borderline offence |
|
|
| Fiction category |
Newsday |
31 May 2015 |
| It might be organized |
Universal |
22 Feb 2015 |
| Illegal act |
The Telegraph Quick |
01 Feb 2015 |
| Bad thing to be organized |
|
|
| Illegal activity |
|
|
| Fiction category |
|
|
| It might be organized |
|
|
| Job that doesn't pay? |
|
|
| It doesn't pay, so they say |
|
|
| Non-paying pursuit? |
|
|
| Felony |
|
|
| Unlawful activity |
|
|
| Theft, e.g. |
|
|
| Rap sheet entry |
|
|
| Serious wrongdoing |
|
|
| Punishment's partner |
|
|
| It's organized in a family |
|
|
| Battery, e.g. |
|
|
| Fiction genre |
|
|
| Bookstore section |
|
|
| Non-payer? |
|
|
| Blackmail, e.g. |
|
|
| Battery, e.g. |
|
|
| Assault or battery |
|
|
| Punishment's partner |
|
|
| Dirty deed |
|
|
| What doesn't pay |
|
|
| Breaking and entering, e.g. |
|
|
| Punishment's partner |
|
|
| Unlawful activity |
|
|
| Whodunit element |
|
|
| Job that doesn't pay? |
|
|
| "Poverty is the mother of ___": Marcus Aurelius |
|
|
| Bookstore section |
|
|
| Penal offense |
|
|
| Rap sheet entry |
|
|
| Arrestable offense |
|
|
| It may be organized |
|
|
| Partner of punishment |
|
|
| It may be organized |
|
|
| Part of "CSI" |
|
|
| Robbery, for one |
|
|
| Part of "CSI" |
|
|
| It doesn't pay |
|
|
| It may come in waves |
|
|
| Arson, e.g. |
|
|
| With 11-Down, city statistics associated with felonies |
|
|
| Dangerous type of wave |
|
|
| Theft or arson |
|
|
| Serious wrongdoing |
|
|
| Malefaction |
|
|
| Battery, for one |
|
|
| It doesn't pay |
|
|
| Whodunit deed |
|
|
| Shoplifting or counterfeiting |
|
|
| Nonpaying activity |
|
|
| Nonpaying activity? |
|
|
| Battery, for one |
|
|
| Part of "CSI" |
|
|
| It's illegal |
|
|
| It may be abetted |
|
|
| Felony |
|
|
| Battery, for one |
|
|
| Shame |
|
|
| It may appear on a record |
|
|
| Job that doesn't pay? |
|
|
| It's victimless, on occasion |
|
|
| "___ is naught but misdirected energy": Emma Goldman |
|
|
| Shame |
|
|
| Inside job, for one |
|
|
| "____ and Punishment" |
|
|
| Battery, for one |
|
|
| Not the best kind of wave |
|
|
| Felony or misdemeanor |
|
|
| DA's concern |
|
|
| Felony, for one |
|
|
| Part of "C.S.I." |
|
|
| Non-paying pursuit? |
|
|
| Non-paying pursuit? |
|
|
| Kind of wave |
|
|
| Bad act |
|
|
| Felony, for one |
|
|
| Bad kind of wave |
|
|
| Court concern |
|
|
| Record notation |
|
|
| Dirty deed |
|
|
| Punishment preceder |
|
|
| Battery, e.g. |
|
|
| Theft or treason |
|
|
| Court TV focus |
|
|
| Part of a dangerous wave |
|
|
| Violation of the law |
|
|
| Felony, for example |
|
|
| Police investigation |
|
|
| "__ and Punishment" |
|
|
| Mean business |
|
|
| Punishment's partner |
|
|
| Arson, e.g. |
|
|
| "__ and Punishment" |
|
|
| It might be organized |
|
|
| Punishment predecessor |
|
|
| It may be organized |
|
|
| Robbery, for one |
|
|
| Kind of wave |
|
|
| Inside job, e.g. |
|
|
| It may be organized |
|
|
| It may be organized |
|
|
| Offense |
|
|
| Law violation |
|
|
| Burglary, for one |
|
|
| Bad deed |
|
|
| Whodunit start |
|
|
| It's occasionally victimless |
|
|
| Giuliani priority |
|
|
| Not the best kind of wave |
|
|
| Perpetrator's act |
|
|
| F.B.I. datum |
|
|
| Breaking and entering, e.g. |
|
|
| "___ and Punishment" |
|
|
| Wrongdoing |
|
|
| ____ and Punishment |
|
|
| Felony |
|
|
| See 33-Across |
|
|
| Kind of wave |
|
|
| Burglary, for one |
|
|
| Legal offense |
|
|
| Error that leads to trial |
|
|
| It's abetted, perhaps |
|
|
| "___ and Punishment" |
|
|
| Offense |
|
|
| Felony |
|
|
| Moriarty's specialty |
|
|
| Record blot |
|
|
| Arson or larceny |
|
|
| Felonious deed |
|
|
| Start of a Dostoyevsky title |
|
|
| Campaign issue |
|
|
| Nonpaying activity |
|
|
| Mayhem is one |
|
|
| It doesn't pay |
|
|
| Robbery or arson |
|
|
| Larceny, e.g. |
|
|
| Topic in "The Underground Empire . . . " |
|
|
| Felony, e.g. |
|
|
| Ma Barker's specialty |
|
|
| Element in many a whodunit |
|
|
| Unlawful activity |
|
|
| Nonpayer |
|
|
| First word in a Dostoyevsky title |
|
|
| Basis for a whodunit |
|
|
| Word with fiction or rate |
|
|
| Felony |
|
|
| Thriller theme |
|
|
| Arson is one |
|
|
| Headline story, at times |
|
|
| Police target |
|
|
| Wrongdoing |
|
|
| Dostoevsky subject |
|
|
| Arson or peculation |
|
|
| Urban problem |
|
|
| Punishment's forerunner |
|
|
| Larceny, for one |
|
|
| Arson or mugging |
|
|
| Treason, for one. |
|
|
| A "deed without a name." |
|
|
| Nonpaying profession. |
|
|
| More than a misdemeanor. |
|
|
| Sin. |
|
|
| Perry Mason's concern. |
|
|
| Mickey Spillane's subject. |
|
|
| "Dragnet” subject. |
|
|
| Uniform ___ Reports, annual bulletin of FBI. |
|
|
| Grand larceny. |
|
|
| Theme of Estes Kefauver's book. |
|
|
| Target of many investigations. |
|
|
| Subject of Braden investigation. |
|
|
| Subject of Congressional investigation. |
|
|
| Mystery writers' standby. |
|
|
| Wrong. |
|
|
| "Not failure, but low aim, is ___."—Lowell. |
|
|
| Newsmagazine staple |
|
|
| Nonpaying occupation. |
|
|
| Malfeasant's act |
|
|
| Offense. |
|
|
| City problem. |
|
|
| Treason. |
|
|
| ___ wave. |
|
|
| Nonpaying activity. |
|
|