| MRMOTO | Detective whose first name is Kentaro |
| INSPECTORMORSE | Fictional detective whose first name is Endeavour |
| MIKEHAMMER | Detective whose first book was "I, the Jury" |
| NEROWOLFE | Fictional detective whose first recorded words are "Where's the beer?" |
| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Fictional detective whose first appearance came in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 (8,6) |
| POIROT | Fictional detective whose sometime secretary is Miss Lemon (6) |
| ACEVENTURA | Movie detective whose dog helps him crack a case |
| GENE | "Arrested Development" detective whose disguises make Lucille shriek with glee |
| GUNN | '50s-'60s title detective whose show's theme was composed by Mancini |
| CALDER | Dee Valley detective whose daughter Freya has been seriously injured in Hollyoaks (4,6) |
| LEXI | Dee Valley detective whose daughter Freya has been seriously injured in Hollyoaks (4,6) |
| STARSKY | Old detective whose partner was in smaller residence than 27? (7) |
| KOJAK | 1970s TV detective whose catchphrase was “Who loves ya, baby?” |
| FRIDAKAHLO | Mexican artist whose first name is a time of the week without its final letter and whose last name is formed by anagramming the first five letters of "Oklahoma": 2 wds. |
| INDIAARIE | Singer whose first name is a large South Asian country and whose last name becomes a type of soft cheese if the first letter is moved one forward in the alphabet: 2 wds. |
| OLIVERREED | Actor whose first name is the title of a Best Picture he co-starred in, and whose last name is that |
| ARUNDHATIROY | Writer whose first name is formed by an anagram of "Duran" + an anagram of "Thai" and whose last name is hidden in "fro-yo": 2 wds. |
| AMADEUSCHO | Comic book character whose first name is formed by A + an anagram of "amused" and whose last name is hidden in "Dutch oven": 2 wds. |
| AVADUVERNAY | Filmmaker whose first name is a palindrome and whose last name is formed by inserting an anagram of "unready" into _ _ V _ _ _ _ _: 2 wds. |
| KRIS | Songwriter-actor whose first name is also the first four letters of his last name |
