| MIKE | Mickey Spillane's private eye played on TV by Stacy Keach, _ Hammer (4) |
| MIKEHAMMER | Detective played by Stacy Keach on 1980s television: 2 wds. |
| HAMMER | Spillane's private eye |
| AJSIMON | '80s TV private eye played by Jameson Parker |
| SAMSPADE | Private eye played by American actor Humphrey Bogart in 1941 film noir The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| BOSTONBLACKIE | Private eye played by Chester Morris |
| HOOD | Robin _, legendary hero played on TV by Jonas Armstrong (4) |
| JACK | - Irish, Australian detective character in the Peter Temple novels, played on TV by Guy Pearce (4) |
| THEO | ___ Kojak, New York police detective played on TV by U.S. actor Telly Savalas (4) |
| MISS | Agatha Christie sleuth most recently played on TV by Julia McKenzie, _ Marple (4) |
| KATO | The Green Hornet's houseboy (played on TV by Bruce Lee) |
| PEEL | Emma, character in The Avengers played on TV by Diana Rigg |
| CITY | see 15ac, 1972 film drama starring Stacy Keach and Jeff Bridges (3,4) |
| ANNE | Pirate Bonny played on TV by Minnie Driver |
| ITHE | Mickey Spillane's "___ Jury" |
| NESS | T-man played on TV |
| LOISLANE | Superman's girlfriend, played on TV by Teri Hatcher (4,4) |
| ITHEJURY | Mickey Spillane's first Mike Hammer novel (1,3,4) |
| 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) |
| FATHERBROWN | Amateur British sleuth created by G.K. Chesterton, played on TV by Mark Williams |
