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MASTER SCORE 73.1 / 100
2019·Crime / Drama / Mystery·1h 24m

CROSSWORD MYSTERIES: A PUZZLE TO DIE FOR

A crossword puzzle editor finds her life completely disrupted when several of the clues in her recent puzzles are linked to unsolved crimes, and she is pulled into the police investigation.

Above the Line
Don McCutcheon·DirectorGregg Rossen·StoryWill Shortz·StoryPeter Benison·Director of PhotographyMichael Richard Plowman·Original Music ComposerGordon McClellan·Editor
Cast
Lacey Chabert·Tess HarperBrennan Elliott·Logan O'ConnorBarbara Niven·Aunt CandaceJohn Kapelos·Chief Chauncey O'ConnorVictor A. Young·PierreZach Smadu·HarrisGenevieve Kang·JosephineKelly Penner·AlexanderAnna Hardwick·ElizabethIan Matheson·Allan Nightingale
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 2
Don McCutcheon·DirectorPaul Dudar·Second Assistant Director
Writing· 4
Gregg Rossen·StoryWill Shortz·StoryBrian Sawyer·StoryGregg Rossen·Teleplay
Camera· 1
Peter Benison·Director of Photography
Editing· 1
Gordon McClellan·Editor
Sound & Music· 1
Michael Richard Plowman·Original Music Composer
Art & Design· 1
Angela Murphy·Production Design
Production· 20
Jimmy Townsend·Executive ProducerBrian Sawyer·Executive ProducerEric Jarboe·Executive ProducerBrad Krevoy·Executive ProducerDon McCutcheon·Executive ProducerSusie Belzberg Krevoy·Executive ProducerWill Shortz·Executive ProducerAmanda Phillips·Executive ProducerAmy Krell·Executive ProducerBrennan Elliott·Executive ProducerDavid Anselmo·ProducerLacey Chabert·Executive ProducerGregg Rossen·Executive ProducerVince Balzano·Co-Executive ProducerW. Michael Beard·Supervising ProducerJulia Currie·Associate ProducerAllan Fung·Supervising ProducerJames Moorehouse·Supervising ProducerMichael Shepard·Co-Executive ProducerEffy Papadopoulos·Supervising Producer
By the Numbers
73.1
OF 100
Master Score
6.5
OF 10
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