| SCHEMING | "Amberley excelled at chess - one mark, Watson, of a ____ mind" (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) |
| IPSWICH | RAAF Base Amberley, the force's largest operational base, sits on the outskirts of which Queensland city? (7) |
| SHERLOCK | Word, derived from a character in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for a detective, sleuth or person skilled in Holmesian deduction (8) |
| MOONLITMOOR | Howler's setting in The Hound of the baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 wds. |
| ADLER | Irene --, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (5) |
| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet |
| HOUND | The _ Of The Baskervilles, 1902 crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (5) |
| MORIARTY | Professor ---, archenemy of Sherlock Holmes in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8) |
| HOLMES | Surname of the private detective character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6) |
| FOUR | 'The ---', 1890 story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Holmes and Watson (4,2,4) |
| SIGNOF | 'The ---', 1890 story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Holmes and Watson (4,2,4) |
| REICHENBACHFALLS | Location of the final altercation between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (11,5) |
| SCOT | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for one |
| IRENE | - Adler; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character portrayed by Rachel McAdams in the 2009 film Sherlock Holmes (5) |
| ASTUDYINSCARLET | The first Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1887 |
| WATSON | Dr -; Sherlock Holmes' friend and assistant in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6) |
| DOCTOR | What did W Somerset Maugham, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Che Guevara all qualify as? (6) |
| LOSTWORLD | The --- ---', 1912 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle novel that introduced the character Professor Challenger (4,5) |
| EXPANDING | What may be happening to one mark of error pending a correction (9) |
| LASSUS | Celebrated in a matinee at the 2015 Proms, composer whose "polyphonic motets" are a favourite of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes (6) |
