| INSPECTOR | Bug picking up piano or police officer (9) |
| PIPE | Tart takes up piano or wood instrument (4) |
| INSPECT | Examine bug picking up tip from phone (7) |
| AFLYONTHEWALL | Bug picking up interesting conversations? |
| LITTER | It might precede bug, picking or tray (6) |
| SERGEANTS | Army or police officers (9) |
| SAMBROWNE | A military or police officer's belt with a shoulder strap (3,6) |
| DISAPPEAR | Since I had turned up, pianos and organ fade away |
| GLISSANDO | Rapid slide up or down adjacent notes, especially on a piano or harp (9) |
| PORBEAGLE | Piano or dog or shark (9) |
| PEDESTALS | Parisian is blocking features of piano or harp in display areas (9) |
| PATROL | From the French meaning "paddle in mud", the beat or going of the rounds made by guards or police officers; or, a subdivision of a troop of Scouts or Girl Guides (6) |
| CADET | One's younger son; or, a trainee army- or police-officer (5) |
| ALSATIANS | Large, wolf-like dogs often used as guards or police dogs (9) |
| COHOSTING | Police chap, or police trap |
| CONSTABLE | Picturesque part of East Anglia - or police-state? (9,7) |
| BAGATELLE | Light piece of music for the piano; or, an old billiards-like table game known in French as sans egal (9) |
| NARC | USA Federal agent or police officer who enforces the law regarding illicit sale or use of drugs and narcotics |
| GUERRILLA | Person who fights as part of an unofficial army, usually against an official army or police force (9) |
| SERGEANT | NCO or police officer ... (8) |
