| CALDER | Dee Valley detective whose daughter Freya has been seriously injured in Hollyoaks (4,6) |
| LEXI | Dee Valley detective whose daughter Freya has been seriously injured in Hollyoaks (4,6) |
| CASEY | Summer Bay fella who was seriously injured in a car accident (5,7) |
| DOMINIC | Holby City chap seriously injured in a recent road traffic incident (7,8) |
| COPELAND | Holby City chap seriously injured in a recent road traffic incident (7,8) |
| ACEVENTURA | Movie detective whose dog helps him crack a case |
| TRAGICOMIC | Short of ecstasy, erotic magic could be seriously funny |
| MIKEHAMMER | Detective whose first book was "I, the Jury" |
| ANITADESAI | Indian three-time Booker nominee whose daughter won the prize in 2006 |
| JOHNNYCASH | Ring of Fire singer whose daughter Rosanne is also a singer: 2 wds. |
| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Fictional detective whose first appearance came in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 (8,6) |
| MISBAH | & 37A Recently arrived medic at Dee Valley Hospital in Hollyoaks (6,6) |
| MAALIK | Hollyoaks character who's a former consultant in emergency medicine at Dee Valley Hospital (6,6) |
| STARSKY | Old detective whose partner was in smaller residence than 27? (7) |
| POIROT | Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain" |
| TEGAN | ___ Lomax, Dee Valley Hospital nurse in Hollyoaks (5) |
| CELINE | The nurse recently started work at Hollyoaks" Dee Valley Hospital (6,7) |
| SAVAGE | Charles __, well-spoken doctor who works at Hollyoaks" Dee Valley Hospital (1"5) |
| LEELA | Hollyoaks woman training entrants for the Dee Valley Tough Mudder race (5,5) |
| LOMAX | Hollyoaks woman training entrants for the Dee Valley Tough Mudder race (5,5) |
