| LESTRADE | Inspector in the Sherlock Holmes stories (8) |
| JOHNWATSON | Name of the physician associate in the Sherlock Holmes stories (4,6) |
| IRENE | ___ Adler, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories (5) |
| ADLER | Irene -----, character in the Sherlock Holmes stories (5) |
| MRSHUDSON | Housekeeper in the Sherlock Holmes stories (3,6) |
| MRS | ___ Hudson (character in the Sherlock Holmes stories) |
| CONANDOYLE | Victorian author who created the Sherlock Holmes stories (6,5,5) |
| ARTHUR | Victorian author who created the Sherlock Holmes stories (6,5,5) |
| PAGET | Sidney who illustrated the Sherlock Holmes stories |
| CONAN | Sir Arthur ___ Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes stories (5) |
| SILVERBLAZE | Stolen racehorse in the Sherlock Holmes story featuring "the curious incident of the dog in the nigh |
| STRANDED | Isolated fellow who handled Sherlock Holmes stories? |
| BUSTS | The Napoleons in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" |
| CLOUSEAU | Inspector in 'The Pink Panther' played by Peter Sellers (8) |
| POISOND | Cause of death in the Sherlock Holmes novel "The Sign of the Four" |
| IRENEADLER | Character featured in the Sherlock Holmes story A Scandal in Bohemia (5,5) |
| GERALDINE | Mrs Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes movies, - James (9) |
| AFOOT | Like the game in Sherlock Holmes stories |
| DOGCART | Horse-drawn vehicle often mentioned in Sherlock Holmes stories |
| STREET | Baker in Sherlock Holmes stories? (6) |
