| JANEMARPLE | Sleuthing spinster of St. Mary Mead |
| MISSMARPLE | Elderly spinster who is the most famous resident of the fictional village of St Mary Mead (4,6) |
| MARPLE | Surname of St Mary Mead's most famous resident (6) |
| VICARAGE | The Murder at the -; novel in which Agatha Christie introduces readers to Miss Jane Marple and her village of St Mary Mead (8) |
| VILLAGE | From Latin for "country house, farm" and with fictional examples including Ambridge, Chuffnell Regis, Dibley, Highbury, Nutwood, St Mary Mead and Thrush Green, a rural settlement between a hamlet and |
| CHEAPSIDE | Street in the City of London; famous for the 'Bow Bells' of St. Mary-le-Bow church (9) |
| DAMEMYRAHESS | Mary Mead ravaged by Nazi pianist (4,4,4) |
| GHERKIN | The immature fruit of any of various cucumbers after which the London building at 30 St Mary Axe is nicknamed |
| AXE | St Mary ---, location of the "Gherkin" in London (3) |
| RIBERO | Jusepe de ..., painter whose works include 1651's St Mary of Egypt (6) |
| THEGHERKIN | Nickname of the London skyscraper 30 St Mary Axe (3,7) |
| MEAD | St Mary -; home of Agatha Christi's fictional detective Miss Jane Marple (4) |
| FULFORD | Lou, who lives on a small road on the edge of a cliff in Falmouth, is travelling to visit my hamlet near Kingston St Mary (7) |
| ADRIAN | Monk of TV sleuthing |
| ELLERY | Queen of sleuthing |
| VELMA | Scooby-Doo! One of Shaggy's sleuthing pals |
| NORA | Half of a sleuthing duo |
| THYME | Pam Ferris played this sleuthing partner of Rosemary Boxer (Laura -----) |
| DETECTION | Process of discovery, sleuthing (9) |
| SMARTYPANTS | Put thus St Mary is a very clever person |
