| MIKEHAMMER | Tough private detective in a series of novels by Mickey Spillane, starting with I, the Jury in 1947 (4,6) |
| CLIFFHARDYBOOKS | Detective novels written by Peter Corris about a tough private detective based in Glebe (5,5,5) |
| GATKRUIPER | (A) Sycophant good at starting with "I really respect ..." (puke) manipulation (10) |
| COURTJESTER | Bailiff who keeps the jury in stitches? |
| PHILIPMARLOWE | Tough private eye who first made an appearance in 1939 |
| HIPGOUT | Tough PI struggling with nervous affliction |
| HAMMER | Mike ___, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick (6) |
| WYCLIFFE | Detective in a series of novels set in the author W. J. Burley's native Cornwall and surrounding areas (8) |
| ITHEJURY | 1947 debut novel by Mickey Spillane whose protagonist is Mike Hammer (1,3,4) |
| ISAACBELL | Early 20th-century detective in a series of ten novels by Clive Cussler |
| HARRYHOLE | Detective in a series of eleven novels by Jo Nesbo |
| DREW | Nancy _, fictional detective in a series of mystery books written under the pen name Carolyn Keene (4) |
| SPILLANE | Mickey, author of the novels I, the Jury and The Erection Set (8) |
| BOSCH | Harry ---, LA detective in a series of books by Michael Connelly (5) |
| NATE | ___ the Great (detective in a series of children's books) |
| FATHER | Detective in a series of stories by G.K. Chesterton (6,5) |
| BROWN | Detective in a series of stories by G.K. Chesterton (6,5) |
| KISSMEDEADLY | Novel by Mickey Spillane (4,2,6) |
| BERTHACOOL | Detective in a series of Erle Stanley Gardner mysteries |
| VERDICT | Decision arrived at by a jury in a court of law |
