| TODDGOODYEAR | In Ian Rankin's Exit Music (2007), who was the young uniformed police officer DS Siobhan Clarke aske |
| JIMJEFFORDS | Vermont senator (1989-2007) who was the tenor in the Singing Senators; their gigs included a 1995 performance of "Elvira" at the Kennedy Center |
| CARTWRIGHT | Veronica, who was the young Cathy in The Birds. |
| STOP | Don't ---- the Music, 2007 Rihanna hit (4) |
| ZCARS | Classic 60s drama about mobile uniformed police (1-4) |
| OUTROS | Exit music selections |
| MARCHMONT | Area of Edinburgh where Inspector Rebus has his home in Ian Rankin's novels (9) |
| INSPECTOR | Rank of Rebus in Ian Rankin's novels (9) |
| ANSWERS | French philosopher Voltaire observed, "He must be very ignorant for he ... every question he is aske |
| YEARS | Fred Savage was the young hero in this (The Wonder -----) |
| ANGUS | _ T. Jones, was the young star of Two and a Half Men (5) |
| IFIELD | Inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007, who sang I Remember You in 1962? (6) |
| WARNE | Shane ---, taker of 708 Test wickets for Australia between 1992-2007, who died in March (5) |
| ODDJOB | Villain in Ian Fleming's novel Goldfinger, portrayed by Harold Sakata in the film adaptation (6) |
| WAIKIKI | Reportedly for what reason would you put the boot in, Ian, initially? Well, we are in Hawaii! (7) |
| HIDEANDSEEK | The second of Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels (4,3,4) |
| REBUS | Ian Rankin's detective uses some of the Ayrshire buses (5) |
| HEADSTONES | Latest of Ian Rankin's novels featuring Rebus, 'A Heart Full of -' (10) |
| PRESCOTT | British deputy Prime Minister, 1997-2007, who famously punched a protester (8) |
| ORIENT | - Express; passenger train depicted in Ian Fleming's novel From Russia, with Love and the 1963 film adaptation (6) |