| MARCHMONT | Area of Edinburgh where Inspector Rebus has his home in Ian Rankin's novels (9) |
| INSPECTOR | Rank of Rebus in Ian Rankin's novels (9) |
| THEHILL | Thrill seeker finally leaves for outskirts of Edinburgh where 26Dn 1Dn climbed (3,4) |
| HEADSTONES | Latest of Ian Rankin's novels featuring Rebus, 'A Heart Full of -' (10) |
| SURETE | Where Inspector Jacques Clouseau works |
| TODDGOODYEAR | In Ian Rankin's Exit Music (2007), who was the young uniformed police officer DS Siobhan Clarke aske |
| HABEASCORPUS | Rebus has a cop trained in order to appear in court (6,6) |
| TROUBLES | Rebus has a lot of complicated difficulties! (8) |
| NEWINGTON | Area of Edinburgh also known as Southside with a large student population (9) |
| SOUTHGYLE | Youth's leg broken in area of Edinburgh (5,4) |
| BOBDENVER | Sitcom star busted for pot in 1998 at his home in West Virginia |
| IANRANKIN | Scottish writer best known for his Inspector Rebus novels (3,6) |
| SCARFACED | Like Blofeld in Ian Fleming's "You Only Live Twice" |
| SEVENSEAS | They 'run high' in Ian & Sylvia's "Four Strong Winds": 2 wds. |
| HIDEANDSEEK | The second of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels (4,3,4) |
| SOANE | Architect who designed the old Bank of England, his home in Lincoln's Inn Fields and Dulwich Picture Gallery, home to a collection of Old Masters (5) |
| TOBOGGAN | Macaulay Culkin rides one of these down the stairs of his house in "Home Alone" |
| STOCKBRIDGE | Area of Edinburgh in which the picturesque Circus Lane is located (11) |
| REBUS | What is the name of Ian Rankin's Edinburgh detective? (5) |
| JOJO | He left his home in Tucson in the Beatles song "Get Back" |
