| MCCALL | Alexander _ Smith, author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (6) |
| BOTSWANA | BA was not flying to the country of the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency (8) |
| TREX | Singers of the No.1 hit Telegram Sam (1,3) |
| AGENCY | The No.1 Ladies' Detective...? It's possibly Cagney (6) |
| ALEXANDER | -- McCall Smith, author of the novel 'The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency' (9) |
| LOCATE | Ladies' Detective Agency (Book series by Alexander McCall Smith) |
| DODIE | ___ Smith, author of the books I Capture The Castle and The Hundred And One Dalmatians (5) |
| ADAM | _ Smith, author of The Wealth of Nations (4) |
| STEVIE | __ Smith, author of Not Waving but Drowning (6) |
| LIONEL | Richie with the No.1 hit "All Night Long" |
| ZADIE | ___ Smith, author of White Teeth (5) |
| MCCALLSMITH | Alexander, The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency writer (6,5) |
| SMITH | Alexander Mccall _, author who created The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (5) |
| THENO | ___ ___. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Book series by Alexander McCall Smith) |
| PRECIOUS | "Valuable" founder of Botswana's fictional No 1. Ladies' Detective Agency; or, Smeagol's name for the One Ring (8) |
| RAMOTSWE | Alexander McCall Smith's Number 1 ladies' detective? (8,8) |
| ALBEE | "The Death of Bessie Smith" author |
| GOALKEEPER | Traditionally the No.1 provider of net protection |
| SLOVAKIA | Juraj Slafkovsky, the No.1 pick in the 2022 NHL draft, hails from this country |
| BREST | Right inside the no.1 port (5) |
