| HEISMAN | End zone pose popularized by Desmond Howard |
| DEVIATES | Gets sidetracked by Desmond admitting travelling through to Lawrence (8) |
| BLIND | 1970 novel by Desmond Bagley set in Iceland (7,5) |
| RUNNING | 1970 novel by Desmond Bagley set in Iceland (7,5) |
| SNOW | The ___, 1975 novel by Desmond Bagley (4,5) |
| APE | "The Naked ___", book by Desmond Morris (3) |
| BAHAMACRISIS | 1980 novel by Desmond Bagley (6,6) |
| THELEGACY | 1982 novel by Desmond Bagley (3,6) |
| THENAKEDAPE | 1967 book by Desmond Morris about human behaviour |
| ERROR | 1984 novel by Desmond Bagley (5,2,5) (see 14A) |
| NIGHTOF | 1984 novel by Desmond Bagley (5,2,5) (see 22A) |
| ISRAELITES | 1969 no 1 single by Desmond Dekker and The Aces (10) |
| SNOWTIGER | The ?, 1975 novel by Desmond Bagley |
| NIGHTOFERROR | 1984 novel by Desmond Bagley |
| TIGHTROPE | 'The --- Men', novel by Desmond Bagley (9) |
| RUNNINGBLIND | 1970 novel by Desmond Bagley (7,5) |
| HUMANZOO | "The -", 1969 work by Desmond Morris (5,3) |
| THESNOWTIGER | 1975 novel by Desmond Bagley (3,4,5) |
| BAHAMA | '-- Crisis', 1980 novel by Desmond Bagley (6) |
| LEGACY | 'The -', 1982 novel by Desmond Bagley (6) |
