| NOTHINGTOGOON | What a clueless detective and a driver without petrol have in common (7,2,2,2) |
| IHADNOIDEA | What a clueless remark! I really wasn't aware (1,3,2,4) |
| RHYL | Welshman tailed driver without licence -- here? (4) |
| MADAGASCAR | Island briefly manufactured a vehicle without petrol (10) |
| NULLED | Drivers without licence to appear in nude, unfortunately suspended (6) |
| VALLEYGIRL | Many a "Clueless" character |
| TOMDICKANDHARRY | A prostitute, a detective and a prince - all just regular folk (3,4,3,5) |
| HOOCH | Turner and ____, 1989 comedy film about a detective and a dog (5) |
| LIGHTER | It's not so heavy without petrol (7) |
| RAISETHEFUNDS | Bring up article to offend a foreign detective - and get some help from the angels (5,3,5) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American writer and poet born Boston 1809, credited with inventing detective and science fiction genres (5,5,3) |
| ALBERTCAMPION | Detective and policeman struggling with brat (6,7) |
| WHISTLESTOPTOUR | Quick trip south without petrol's crazy (7-4,4) |
| DEFRAUDS | Doctor Freud takes in a detective and cons (8) |
| DECISIONTOLEAVE | 2022 Park Chan-wook film about a detective and the widow of a murder victim |
| KNOCKOUTGAS | Incapacitating agent of pulp detective and scifi novels ... and a hint to solving this puzzle's starred clues |
| DISCRIMINATE | Tell the difference between detective and lawyer in the middle of experiment with awkward inmate (12 |
| DISTILLERS | They produce drinks for detective and ploughman in seconds (10) |
| COMPACTDISCS | Musical types in firm contact detective and lawyer - it's initially suspicious (7,5) |
| GODS | Turn detective and see Jupiter, Saturn and Mars, perhaps (4) |
