| WALLANDER | Fictional Swedish police inspector created by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, Kurt _ (9) |
| LARSSON | Stieg, Swedish crime writer who created computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (7) |
| REBUS | Fictional police inspector created by Scottish author Ian Rankin (5) |
| BECK | Swedish crime series shown on BBC Four (4) |
| WEXFORD | Fictional police inspector created by Ruth Rendell (7) |
| MAIGRET | Police inspector created by Georges Simenon (7) |
| GELIGNITE | Explosive material invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1875 |
| GENTLY | George, fictional inspector created by crime writer Alan Hunter (6) |
| THORNE | Tom, fictional detective inspector created by English writer Mark Billingham (6) |
| TROUBLEDMAN | The ?, English title of 2009 Henning Mankell novel Den orolige mannen |
| ALLEYN | Inspector created by Ngaio Marsh (6) |
| RODERICK | ___ Alleyn, inspector created by Ngaio Marsh (8) |
| LESTRADE | Inspector created by Conan Doyle (8) |
| EXEMPLARS | Models are not liable to have bottom wiped by Swedish bloke (9) |
| ARRIVAL | Fourth studio album by Swedish pop group ABBA; ' Dancing Queen', ' Money, Money, Money' etc. (7) |
| IKEBANA | Arranging flowers for retired UN boss, garlanded by Swedish institution |
| NICKEL | Silvery-white metallic element isolated and classified by Swedish chemist Axel Fredrik Cronstedt in 1751 (6) |
| ERBIUM | Metallic element discovered in 1843 by Swedish chemist Carl Gustaf Mosander, who named it terbia (6) |
| FINAL | The ___ Countdown, song by Swedish rock band Europe released in 1986 (5) |
| WATERLOO | Song by Swedish group ABBA that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest (8) |
