| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 wds. |
| MOONLITMOOR | Howler's setting in The Hound of the baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 wds. |
| HOLMES | Fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock _ (6) |
| SHERLOCK | ___ Holmes fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle who you may associate with 20a 33a 42a 9d and 36d |
| CHALLENGER | Professor ___ , fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle (10) |
| IRENE | Adler created by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| GERARD | Brigadier ____ , comedic hero created by Arthur Conan Doyle (6) |
| IRENEADLER | Opera singer created by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| MORSE | Who is the fictional detective created by Colin Dexter and played by John Thaw in a 33-episode TV series? (5) |
| MISSMARPLE | Fictional detective created by Agatha Christie, played on screen by Margaret Rutherford, Angela Lansbury, Geraldine Mcewan, and others (4,6) |
| MAIGRET | Fictional detective created by Georges Simenon |
| WIMSEY | Lord Peter ..., fictional detective created by Dorothy L Sayers (6) |
| AGATHA | _ _ _ _ _ _ Raisin, fictional detective created by MC Beaton (6) |
| VERA | ___ Stanhope, fictional detective created by Ann Cleeves (4) |
| HOLE | Harry, fictional detective created by Norwegian author Jo Nesbo (4) |
| CAMPION | Albert, fictional detective created by English novelist Margery Allingham (7) |
| DUPIN | Auguste, fictional detective created by Edgar Allan Poe (5) |
| SEXTONBLAKE | Fictional detective created by Harry Blyth, using the pseudonym Hal Meredeth |
| SPADE | Sam __, fictional detective created by Dashiell Hammett (5) |
| RODERICK | ____ Alleyn, fictional detective created by Ngaio Marsh (8) |
