| AMATEURSLEUTH | The usual tamer upset by Miss Marple for instance (7,6) |
| SPINSTER | Christie's Miss Marple, for one |
| MCEWAN | Geraldine _, played Miss Marple for four years (6) |
| MEAD | St Mary -; village inhabited by Miss Marple in Agatha Christie's stories (4) |
| POISONERS | They're found out by Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot |
| MADAMEDEFARGE | '[S]trong and fearless' antagonist of Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities, killed by Miss Pross (6,7) |
| PUSILLANIMOUS | Timid miaul with lion sadly turning into much tamer feline? |
| BUS | Let chance go by, miss the |
| KERMIT | Green frog marionette who was pursued by Miss Piggy in The Muppet snow (6) |
| FOOTLOOSE | Unattached fellow, very uplifted by love, enthralled by miss (9) |
| AVATAR | Incarnation observed by Miss Gardner and the sailor |
| SLOB | Object of criticism by Miss Manners |
| OLDMAID | Vintage made reportedly by Miss Prim (3,4) |
| DEARJOHNLETTER | Missive left by Miss: "I've left ..." (4,4,6) |
| FROGINTHETHROAT | Husky voice of lover, when swallowed by Miss Piggy? (4,2,3,6) |
| CLOSET | Secret revealed by miss in court (6) |
| ALLEGRO | Musically brisk and organised by Miss Fitzgerald on return (7) |
| ANGEVIN | Plantagenet raised greens, perhaps, eaten by Miss Bawden (7) |
| DISCLOSED | Record set by Miss World finally revealed (9) |
| SASHES | Wide bands worn by Miss America contestants |
