Across 1. Higgins and Clark are left out of wedding plans 3. Ambler mixes rice, writes A Coffin for Dimitrios 6. Friedman uses wierd first name for series chararcter 9. Faye Kellerman's heroine rises from the dead, 10. Bricklayer wins case for Gardner 11. Dog sled writer shares name with home run king, Aaron 12. Don't be cross, Amanda, with English lit professor Kate's self ran series 13. Janet must kneel without Kay to create British McLeish & Wilson series 15. B.E.C. interrupts Klan, creates Iris Cooper and Jane da Silva 18. Paretsky's a rare writer 19. Tell Liza why C.O.D mixed up for female P.I. and former women's professional wrestler 21. Deborah writes Duncan Kincaid with Bic more than typewriter 23. Give investigative reporter Bernstein's boy Pat on head for creating Maggie Ryan 25. Tie rooster to Psycho director 27. Punch S. J. Rozan's Chinese American detective here Down 1. Grind and sharpen Grafton's tec 2. Bill Smith ran around short ounce

of prevention and found author Shira 4. Snicker at John Harvey's Nottingham police detective Charlie 5. Puzzle Lady's main cop, Harper 6. Stuart served mink saki, won Edgar with Inspector Rostnikov 7. Can Lydia Adamson's Alice snuggle 2000 pounds? 8. My hair color, or P.D. James' Cordelila 14. Vive nacho: Plum creator Janet loves 'em 16. William Harrington, not cited for ghost writing as Elliott Roosevelt, created Jack 17. Would rococo be nice for New Jersey writer Harlan? 19. Donald Westlake's alter ego Tucker is echo with cockney twist 20. Ross Macdonald creates more rougish bowman 21. Mixed up killer whale is really Puzzle Lady 22. Annette Meyers' Olivia makes registered nurse bow 24. Robert B. Parker's other hero Jesse, is a real rock 26. Kijewski pack a trunk for Colorado