| SUCHET | Surname of David who played the title role in Agatha Christie's Poirot (6) |
| TENANT | Surname of David who played the tenth incarnation of Doctor Who (6) |
| JULIA | Actress who has played the title role in Agatha Christie's Marple, _ McKenzie (5) |
| TENNANT | Surname of David who played the tenth incarnation of Doctor Who (7) |
| SLEUTH | Another name for a private investigator such as Agatha Christie's Poirot or Hammett's Sam Spade |
| EMANUEL | Surname of David who made Princess Diana's wedding dress and took part in I'm A Celeb in 2013 (7) |
| DAVIDSUCHET | Star of Agatha Christie's Poirot (5,6) |
| HERCULE | First name of Agatha Christie's Poirot (7) |
| GINOLA | Surname of David, the former footballer who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2021 (6) |
| CLARKE | Sir Carmichael ___, the C of murder victims in in Agatha Christie's novel The ABC Murders |
| SEAMAN | Surname of David and Frankie who performed together as Pillar And Post on The Masked Dancer in 2022 (6) |
| GARCIA | Surname of David, the former Dancing With The Stars judge (6) |
| POIROT | Fictional detective in Agatha Christie's stories including Murder on the Orient Express (6) |
| TANNER | Surname of David Platt's adopted son in Corrie (6) |
| STIERS | David who played Winchester in "M*A*S*H" |
| LUPONE | Broadway performer who appeared in Agatha All Along, Patti _ (6) |
| PROVAL | David who played Richie Aprile on "The Sopranos" |
| GEST | Surname of David, former husband of Liza Minelli, who took part in Celebrity Big Brother in 2016 and died in the same year (4) |
| ARSENIC | In Agatha Christie's After The Funeral, in what has a piece of wedding cake been soaked? (7) |
| VICARAGE | Word for the clergy house or parsonage where a murder takes place in Agatha Christie's debut Miss Marple novel first published by the Collins Crime Club in 1930 (8) |
