| SLEUTHS | Extremely sleazy truths for detectives (7) |
| ISMS | Religious truths, for short |
| DICIEST | Most risky for detectives to return to wrong site (7) |
| MAXIMUM | General truth for all to see - herb has, occasionally, Yankees' biggest tolerable consumption (7,6) |
| CARCASE | One butchered in vehicle - a matter for detectives |
| DYNAMIC | Energetic backing for detectives arresting large numbers |
| CAMPION | Policeman returned around morning, one working for detective (7) |
| DESERVE | Case for detective to supply warrant (7) |
| GUMSHOE | Home Gus put in order for detective (7) |
| DISDAIN | Contempt for detective initially detained close to area in the wrong? (7) |
| MAIGRET | Police arresting top gun runners, primarily for detective |
| TRACKER | Type of investment fund provided for detective |
| TAXDISC | Burden for detective and barman sitting together in front of car (3,4) |
| SEEDIEST | Witness implicating Socialist leader in parliament is extremely sleazy |
| BRASSY | Noisy dance bars, extremely sleazy (6) |
| GUMSHOES | US word for rubber-soled sneakers, perhaps suitable for doing something stealthy, hence a term for detectives, who move furtively or sneak (8) |
| TESTINGTIME | The moment of truth for a would-be record-breaker? (7,4) |
| INTAKE | General truth for all to see - herb has, occasionally, Yankees' biggest tolerable consumption (7,6) |
| LISP | Speak the truth for the truce? |
| LIES | Stretches the truth for lowlifes releasing wolf (4) |
