| NINETYNINE | Entire city penned in and disrupted as Detective Inspector leaves around noon. Almost entirely (6-4,3,4) |
| ENSLAVE | Bind new leaves around noon |
| MOSTLY | My lot's changed almost entirely (6) |
| BATH | Significant feature of the UK's only entire city named as a Unesco World Heritage Site |
| LUNCH | It's clear I would leave around noon, wanting hot meal |
| ALLURER | Entire city is before queen, a person of great charm |
| STRICT | When detective inspector leaves area, it becomes tough (6) |
| STANCE | Detective Inspector leaves gap in policy |
| STAFF | Detective Inspector leaves women's work for man |
| WHORLS | 360degrees turns in spiral seashells; fingerprint patterns; or radial arrangements of petals or leaves around a plant's stem (6) |
| COLDCASE | US crime series starring Kathryn Morris as Detective Lilly Rush (4,4) |
| DANIEL | _ Craig stars as Detective Benoit Blanc in the whodunnit black comedy Knives Out (6) |
| HIDINGPLACE | No-1960s detective series starring Raymond Francis as Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart (6,5) |
| MAKEMYDAY | Phrase made famous by Clint Eastwood as Detective Harry Callahan in the 1983 film Sudden Impact (4,2,3) |
| TOPOFTHELAKE | TV series created and written by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee, starring Elisabeth Moss as Detective Robin Griffin |
| LEAVENS | Leaves around start of noon and ferments dough |
| GREEN | Richard Fleischer film set in the year 2022 starring Charlton Heston as Detective Robert Thorn (7,5) |
| SOYLENT | Richard Fleischer film set in the year 2022 starring Charlton Heston as Detective Robert Thorn (7,5) |
| POLICESQUAD | US television comedy series that starred Leslie Nielsen as detective Frank Drebin (6,5) |
| SPURGE | Milkweed Alma leaves around sugar maple (6) |
