| MIKEHAMMER | Which private eye first appeared in Mickey Spillane's novel I, the Jury in 1947? (4,6) |
| GLENDA | ___ Slagg, fictional parodic columnist in the satirical magazine Private Eye, first appearing in the mid-1960s (6) |
| COURTJESTER | Bailiff who keeps the jury in stitches? |
| SPILLANE | Mickey, author of the novels I, the Jury and The Erection Set (8) |
| TARANDFEATHER | To administer punishment, sailor and Pop-eye first got stuck into him (3,3,7) |
| ANTONI | Queer Eye first name |
| GOBSMACKED | Thrown shot, bulls-eye's first hit (10) |
| STEVENYEUN | "Minari" actor who stars in "Mickey 17" |
| MICKEYMUSE | Spillane's inspiration? |
| DIOR | Which fashion house showed its first collection in Paris in 1947? (4) |
| HAMMER | Mike ___, private eye in novels by Mickey Spillane, such as I, the Jury and My Gun Is Quick (6) |
| ROSWELL | Near which town in New Mexico do many think a UFO crashed in 1947? (7) |
| MIKE | Mickey Spillane's private eye played on TV by Stacy Keach, _ Hammer (4) |
| SAMSPADE | Which private detective was on the trail of the Maltese Falcon? (3,5) |
| GODFREY | Dolly and Cissy are the sisters of which private in Dad's Army? (7) |
| SGS | In short, a charity for which private gardens open north of the border (3) |
| MAGNUM | Which renowned cooperative photographic agency was founded in 1947? (6) |
| ITHE | Mickey Spillane's "___ the Jury" |
| ITHEJURY | Mickey Spillane's first Mike Hammer novel (1,3,4) |
| THEODOREDREISER | Author of The Financier (1912), The Titan (1914) and The Stoic (1947)? (8,7) |
