| FORENSIC | Scientific test or technique used in the investigation of crime (8) |
| VOCABULARY | The words of a language, sphere or subject; a dictionary, glossary or lexicon; or, a range of stylistic forms or techniques used in an art/craft (10) |
| NESS | Eliot, F.B.I. special agent who headed the investigation of Al Capone (4) |
| SEARCH | She found out about the car crash in the investigation |
| PHARMACY | From the Greek meaning "practice of the druggist", the art, science or technique of preparing and dispensing medicines (8) |
| APPROACH | Style or technique of a very quiet swimmer! (8) |
| HARDSELL | Policy or technique of aggressive marketing (4,4) |
| VIRTUOSO | Musician with masterly ability or technique (8) |
| RESEARCH | Scare awfully and get her upset about the investigation (8) |
| APPLIQUE | Overlaying fabric design technique used in banner and flag making |
| WOODWARD | Bob _, journalist whose investigation of the Watergate scandal with a fellow Washington Post reporter won the newspaper a Pulitzer Prize in 1973 (8) |
| ANALYSIS | Investigation of the component parts which make up the whole (8) |
| MCCARTHY | Joseph - - -, US Republican senator who led investigations of alleged Communist infiltration into the US government in the 1950s (8) |
| RIPARIAN | Hastened to protect most of capital after start of investigation of bank |
| SFUMATO | Subtlety-of-tone technique used in the Mona Lisa |
| EXPLORED | Carried out investigation of (8) |
| FOLLOWUP | Make further investigation of fellow with nothing left, depressed at university (6,2) |
| INQUESTS | Investigations of tricky questions, nothing less (8) |
| STOPMOTION | Film technique used in the first "King Kong" movie |
| THEAGEOF | Work by Thomas Paine subtitled Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology (3,3,2,6) |
