| HEARTOFDARKNESS | Novel in which Frank does mysteriously appear dressed in a suit (5,2,8) |
| DOA | 1950 film in which Frank Bigelow investigates his own murder |
| FORESIGHT | Fire ghost mysteriously appears in vision (9) |
| AFAREWELLTOARMS | Novel in which Mostar destroyed east of a distant Surrey town (1,8,2,4) |
| TUNISIA | Dressed in a suit in a North African country (7) |
| ASTUDYINSCARLET | 1887 novel in which Sherlock Holmes makes his debut: 4 wds. |
| ACERTAINJUSTICE | P. D. James's 1997 novel in which Venetia Aldridge is murdered? (1,7,7) |
| OURMUTUALFRIEND | Victorian novel in which Spooner solicits orange healer? (3,6,6) |
| TUNISIAN | African dressed in a suit seen at last (8) |
| ARRAKIS | Planet on which Frank Herbert's novel Dune is set (7) |
| STAMP | Frank does have a heavy walk (5) |
| THATSLIFE | Which Frank Sinatra song did Arlene Foster sing some lines from in her final press conference as First Minister? (5,4) |
| HONEST | Frank does cutting-edge work ahead of time |
| KNAPP | ___ Commission (corruption investigation at which Frank Serpico testified) |
| SAGA | Novel in which the generations of a family are chronicled in a long narrative |
| PEARLY | - king/queen; according to a tradition founded by Henry Croft, a coster dressed in a button-clad costume (6) |
| BUTTONS | In pantomime, Baron Hardup's servant, who is often dressed in a bellboy's costume |
| REVEREND | A clergyman is never dressed in a garish colour (8) |
| APPROPRIATELY | A preppy tailor dressed in a fitting way (13) |
| ROMAN | Novel in which real people appear thinly disguised and with new names, ... a clef |
