| BAKERSTREET | London thoroughfare that was home to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (5,6) |
| BAKER | London thoroughfare that was home to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (5,6) |
| STREET | London thoroughfare that was home to the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes (5,6) |
| HOLLOWAYROAD | N London thoroughfare that forms part of the A1 (8,4) |
| HOLMES | Fictional detective Sherlock |
| SILVERBLAZE | 'The Adventure Of ------ ', 1892 story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes (6,5) |
| ARTHURCONAN | Creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes (6,5,5) |
| RUTHRENDELL | Crime novelist who created the fictional detective Chief Inspector Wexford (4,7) |
| COLINDEXTER | Creator of the fictional detective Inspector Morse |
| TENTHAVENUE | NYC thoroughfare that becomes Amsterdam at 59th Street |
| KENNEL | It was the gutter that was home to the dogs (6) |
| DOYLE | Creator of the detective Sherlock Holmes (6,5,5) |
| SYRIA | Country that was home to the Ebla library, thought to be the world's first (2500 B.C.) |
| HOLLOWAY | District of the London Borough of Islington that was home to the largest women's prison in Europe until 2016 |
| SWINDON | Wiltshire town that was home to the Great Western Railway works from 1843 to 1986 (7) |
| TAIPEI | Capital that was home to the world's tallest building before the Burj Khalifa |
| ZORRO | The name of this South American fox was given to the fictional masked hero who carved his initial with three strokes of the sword |
| RHODES | Greek island that was home to the Colossus, an enormous statue of Helios |
| CRETE | Greek island that was home to the Minotaur |
| GUATEMALA | South American republic that was home to the Maya civilisation |
