| WALLANDER | Kurt ___, Scandinavian detective played on TV by Kenneth Branagh (9) |
| NORDIC | Scandinavian detective unit right on uprising (6) |
| MUSSOLINI | Poor souls in small car with dictator played on TV by George C Scott (9) |
| JUDYGREER | Kitty Sanchez in Arrested Development and Bridget Schmidt in Two And A Half Men are roles played on TV by this US actress, whose films include Jurassic World and 13 Going On 30 (4,5) |
| DREWCAREY | His mom is played on TV by Marion Ross |
| THEO | ___ Kojak, New York police detective played on TV by U.S. actor Telly Savalas (4) |
| MAIGRET | Literary detective played on TV by Rowan Atkinson |
| AGATHA | ____ Raisin, fictional detective played on TV by Ashley Jensen (6) |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Agatha Christie's Belgian detective played on TV by David Suchet (7,6) |
| STANHOPE | Vera, detective created by writer Ann Cleeves and played on TV by Brenda Blethyn (8) |
| FATHERBROWN | Amateur British sleuth created by G.K. Chesterton, played on TV by Mark Williams |
| REBUS | Detective recently played on TV by Richard Rankin (5) |
| JACK | - Irish, Australian detective character in the Peter Temple novels, played on TV by Guy Pearce (4) |
| RUMPOLE | Horace, fictitious London barrister created by John Mortimer and played on TV by Leo McKern (7) |
| HOOD | Robin _, legendary hero played on TV by Jonas Armstrong (4) |
| LOISLANE | Superman's girlfriend, played on TV by Teri Hatcher (4,4) |
| TONTO | The Lone Ranger's sidekick, played on TV by Jay Silverheels |
| HETTYWAINTHROPP | Character played on TV by Patricia Routledge from 1996 to 1998 |
| MIKE | Mickey Spillane's private eye played on TV by Stacy Keach, _ Hammer (4) |
| KILDARE | Fictional physician protagonist of films played on TV by Richard Chamberlain (7) |