| HOUND | "The - of the Baskervilles" |
| WATSON | Dr -; fictional character in stories including A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| ARTHUR | Forename of the author of stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| NORFOLK | County, site of Sandringham House and Cromer (where Arthur Conan Doyle is said to have conceived the idea for The Hound of the Baskervilles) (7) |
| FRONTRUNNERS | One of The Baskervilles admits reading The Messenger at school ahead of The Field (5,7) |
| DARTMOOR | Area of wild heathery upland in Devon that is the setting for The Hound of the Baskervilles (8) |
| ANDREMORELL | Actor who played Professor Quatermass in the 1958 BBC series and later was Dr Watson opposite Peter Cushing's Sherlock Holmes in the 1959 film The Hound of the Baskervilles (5,6) |
| SHERLOCK | In the Hammer version of The Hound Of The Baskervilles, Peter Cushing played detective, ... Holmes |
| DOYLE | Author of The Hound Of The Baskervilles (5) |
| HOLMES | Surname of a fictional detective who features in four novels and 56 short stories including A Study in Scarlet and The Hound of the Baskervilles (6) |
| RATHBONE | Basil, actor who played Sherlock Holmes in the 1939 film The Hound of the Baskervilles (8) |
| STAPLETON | Identity adopted by the villainous Rodger Baskerville II in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) (9) |
| JACK | Identity adopted by the villainous Rodger Baskerville II in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) (4) |
| MOORLANDS | 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' locale |
| MOOR | "The Hound of the Baskervilles" backdrop |
| MOORS | "The Hound of the Baskervilles" milieu |
| GRRR | "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1959) warning... |
| BASSET | "The Hound of the Baskervilles", first impression - something worth having (6) |
| BARRYMORE | Mr and Mrs -; domestic helpers in The Hound of the Baskervilles (9) |
| MOONLITMOOR | Howler's setting in The Hound of the baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 wds. |
