| MIKEHAMMER | Private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick (4,6) |
| HAMMER | Mike ___, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick (6) |
| PETULENGRO | Jasper ?, character in novels by George Borrow including The Romany Rye and Lavengro (10) |
| NOWANDTHEN | (___ ___ ___ There's) A Fool Such As I: song released by Elvis Presley in 1959 (3,3,4) |
| SPILLANE | Mickey, author of the novels I, the Jury and The Erection Set (8) |
| NETHOUGHTS | Ideas such as "I bet I'd enjoy living in Omaha"? |
| LETTERHEAD | Special piece of paper one such as I will be given by Principal (10) |
| MISSIONARY | Religious figure often hailed to safeguard one's religious nation - such as I? (10) |
| CLOTHESPEG | Comic actor forgets washerwoman's tips, such as "I hold laundry!" (7,3) |
| HELM | Matt, private eye in novels by Donald Hamilton (4) |
| MATT | Private eye in stories by Donald Hamilton such as Death of a Citizen (4) |
| SINEQUANON | Must use question in novel by mystery author |
| ANGRYPENGUINS | What was the name of the influential journal that was founded in Adelaide, named by Jury and edited by Harris, until a hoax and subsequent court case saw its demise? (5,8) |
| ITHEJURY | 1947 debut novel by Mickey Spillane whose protagonist is Mike Hammer (1,3,4) |
| FLEAMARKET | Bazaar is quick to take in a victim (4,6) |
| SAMSPADE | Private eye in the 1941 crime drama The Maltese Falcon (3,5) |
| SATISFYING | Rewarding school test is quick (there's no Latin at first) |
| ANNE | Forename of the heroine in novels by L. M. Montgomery set around the fictional farm Green Gables and the village Avonlea (4) |
| KISSMEDEADLY | Novel by Mickey Spillane (4,2,6) |
| HERS | "Vengeance is ___" (mystery story anthology edited by Mickey Spillane) |
