| SIOBHAN | ---- Clarke, colleague of Inspector Rebus (7) |
| RICHARD | - Rankin, actor who plays the most recent incarnation of Inspector Rebus (7) |
| IAN | Author Rankin of "Inspector Rebus" novels |
| RANKIN | Ian ___, creator of Inspector Rebus (6) |
| IANRANKIN | Creator of Inspector Rebus (3,6) |
| RANKING | One behind Inspector Rebus with good position in hierarchy (7) |
| RENDELL | Ruth ___, creator of Inspector Wexford (7) |
| DISCARD | Get rid of inspector followed by second character (7) |
| DISMISS | Get rid of inspector linked to second failure? (7) |
| SELLERS | Wine stores, they say, for actor Peter, of Inspector Clouseau (7) |
| SIMENON | Creator of Inspector Maigret |
| JACUZZI | Bath's copper gets intojazz with chief of inspectors (7) |
| MASONICMYSTERIES | Title of episode of Inspector Morse where the central character is framed for murder during a production of The Magic Flute |
| RUTHRENDELL | Crime-writing creator of Inspector Wexford (4,7) |
| HIDEANDSEEK | The second of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels (4,3,4) |
| MARCHMONT | Area of Edinburgh where Inspector Rebus has his home in Ian Rankin's novels (9) |
| RESURRECTIONMEN | An Inspector Rebus novel by Ian Rankin (12,3) |
| TIMORSEA | Tension as beginning of Inspector Morse is set on a body of water (5,3) |
| TECHNIQUE | Method of CID man in hours recalled that of Inspector Clouseau |
| OTERI | Cheri of "Inspector Gadget" |
