| AMERICAS | A crime solved while in New World (8) |
| LEIF | First name in New World exploration |
| THEFT | Crime solved by the Yard, in part |
| METRIC | Non-imperial crime solved, with time (6) |
| HERMETIC | The crime's solved and perfectly closed (8) |
| COLDCASE | Old crimes solved in this (4,4) |
| CASE | Old crimes solved in Cold ___ |
| MISCREANT | Culprit's crimes solved by worker (9) |
| TERMINUS | Where one stops for a while in America (8) |
| LAYSOVER | Stops for a while in the course of a journey |
| SOMETIME | Quite a while in the former (8) |
| CONFLICT | Struggle to be in opposition while in contention (8) |
| WRITHING | Composing a piece about hospital while in pain (8) |
| FROMTIME | Occasionally, and once in a while, in other words (4,4,2,4) |
| ADJUSTED | Adapted only while in dead trouble (8) |
| RELEASED | Rent while in debt, but get discharged (8) |
| GALLOWAY | While in the west of Ireland, look after 6Dn, old regional 1463 (8) |
| NEWDELHI | Strangely, end while in India (3,5) |
| EMPHASIS | Stress while in US city, losing head |
| OVERSEAS | Composing love poetry while in foreign lands |
