| NGAIO | --- Marsh, New Zealand creator of Inspector Alleyn |
| NGAIOMARSH | Inspector Alleyn creator (5,5) |
| RANKIN | Ian ___, creator of Inspector Rebus (6) |
| RENDELL | Ruth ___, creator of Inspector Wexford (7) |
| SIMENON | Creator of Inspector Maigret |
| IANRANKIN | Creator of Inspector Rebus (3,6) |
| COLIN | ___ Dexter, creator of Inspector Morse (5) |
| RUTHRENDELL | Crime-writing creator of Inspector Wexford (4,7) |
| MARSH | Author whose novels formed the basis of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries series (5) |
| INROME | and 16dn, 1970 Ngaio Marsh tale featuring Inspector Alleyn (4,2,4) |
| WHEN | and 16dn, 1970 Ngaio Marsh tale featuring Inspector Alleyn (4,2,4) |
| SPECTATOR | Inspector Alleyn thus faces witness |
| PECTORAL | Muscle employed by Inspector Alleyn (8) |
| AGATHA | -- Troy, character in the TV series 'The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries', played by Belinda Lang (6) |
| AMANLAYDEAD | First of the novels in the Roderick Alleyn detective series by New Zealand author Ngaio Marsh, published in 1934 (1,3,3,4) |
| MASONICMYSTERIES | Title of episode of Inspector Morse where the central character is framed for murder during a production of The Magic Flute |
| TECHNIQUE | Method of CID man in hours recalled that of Inspector Clouseau |
| DULWICH | District in London's Southwark, site of a public school founded by Edward Alleyn as the College of God's Gift and of a picture gallery designed by Sir John Soane (7) |
| RODERICK | ___ Alleyn, inspector created by Ngaio Marsh (8) |
| TIMORSEA | Tension as beginning of Inspector Morse is set on a body of water (5,3) |
