| MAIGRET | Literary detective played on TV by Rowan Atkinson |
| AGATHA | ____ Raisin, fictional detective played on TV by Ashley Jensen (6) |
| WALLANDER | Kurt ___, Scandinavian detective played on TV by Kenneth Branagh (9) |
| SHERLOCK | Detective played on TV by Benedict Cumberbatch (8) |
| THEO | ___ Kojak, New York police detective played on TV by U.S. actor Telly Savalas (4) |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Agatha Christie's Belgian detective played on TV by David Suchet (7,6) |
| JOHNNY | ____ English, clumsy spy played on film by Rowan Atkinson (6) |
| EDMUND | ____ Blackadder, antihero played by Rowan Atkinson in a mock-historical TV comedy series (6) |
| BEAN | Mr ___, character played by Rowan Atkinson (4) |
| ENGLISH | Johnny - - -, comedic spy character played by Rowan Atkinson (7) |
| MRBEAN | Near-silent character played by Rowan Atkinson (2,4) |
| ZAZU | Bird voiced by Rowan Atkinson in 'The Lion King' |
| ACEVENTURA | Fictional animal detective played on film by Jim Carrey (3,7) |
| ALLEYN | Roderick, fictional detective played on screen by Patrick Malahide (6) |
| BENOIT | ____ Blanc, detective played on film by Daniel Craig (6) |
| CHORISTER | Durham Cathedral school, attended by Rowan Atkinson and Tony Blair, that takes its name from the wor |
| JOHNNYENGLISH | Fictional spy portrayed by Rowan Atkinson in a series of parody films: 2 wds. |
| STANHOPE | Vera, detective created by writer Ann Cleeves and played on TV by Brenda Blethyn (8) |
| TOMJONES | Literary lead role recently played on TV by Solly McLeod (3,5) |
| REBUS | Detective recently played on TV by Richard Rankin (5) |
