| CONSIDINE | Paddy ___, actor who played detective inspector Jack Whicher (9) |
| JASON | Played Detective Inspector Jack Frost (David -----) |
| SUSPICIOUS | The - of Mr Whicher ; short title of a narrative by Kate Summerscale based on a real-life murder mystery (10) |
| FROST | David Jason played this police inspector (Jack -----) |
| THAW | Played Inspector Jack Regan in The Sweeney (John ----) |
| BENMILLER | Comedian and actor who played Detective Inspector Richard Poole in the TV series Death in Paradise (3,6) |
| TREVOREVE | Actor who played Detective Superintendent Boyd in Waking the Dead (6,3) |
| DOUGLASHENSHALL | Scottish actor who played Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez in Shetland (7,8) |
| DAVIDSOUL | Actor and singer who played Detective Kenneth Hutchinson in Starsky & Hutch (5,4) |
| GASCOINE | Jill ___, actress who played Detective Inspector Maggie Forbes in the TV series The Gentle Touch and |
| FARRELL | Actor who played Detective Ray Velcoro in True Detective, Colin _ (7) |
| JERRYORBACH | Actor who played Detective Lennie Briscoe for 12 seasons on Law & Order: 2 wds. |
| JESSELMARTIN | Actor who played Detective Ed Green for nine seasons on Law & Order: 3 wds. |
| JEREMYSISTO | Actor who played Detective Cyrus Lupo for three seasons on Law & Order: 2 wds. |
| BERRY | Nick, English actor who played detective Nick Rowan in TV drama Heartbeat (5) |
| DIEHL | John, American character actor who played Detective Larry Zito in Miami Vice (5) |
| SINISE | Actor who played Detective Mac Taylor in CSI |
| WENDELL | ____ Pierce, actor who played detective Bunk Moreland in The Wire (7) |
| SEWELL | Brooding actor who played detective Zen, Rufus _ (6) |
| LESLIENIELSEN | Actor who played Detective Frank Drebin in the Naked Gun film series (6,7) |