| SHERLOCK | Word, derived from a character in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for a detective, sleuth or person skilled in Holmesian deduction |
| ALICEBAND | Hair accessory inspired by a character in stories written by Lewis Carroll (5,4) |
| SCOT | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for one |
| ELLERYSQUEEN | Detective-sleuth's chess piece? |
| MIKESHAMMER | Detective-sleuth's tool? |
| FRANKSCANNON | Detective-sleuth's weapon? |
| POOTER | An entomologist's bottle for collecting insects; or, a word, derived from a character in Diary of a Nobody, for a petit bourgeois (6) |
| WATSON | Dr -; Sherlock Holmes' friend and assistant in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6) |
| MORIARTY | Professor ---, archenemy of Sherlock Holmes in stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8) |
| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet, which appeared in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 |
| FILE | Word, derived from a string upon which documents were strung, for a folder for keeping papers in order; or, a line or row of people, soldiers or chessboard squares (4) |
| DISC | Word derived from a quoit thrown in ancient Greek games, for a circular object such as a record, CD, centre of a daisy or the seemingly flat figure presented by the Sun or Moon (4) |
| COTTAGE | Word, derived from a medieval term for a one-roomed peasant dwelling or a name for a dove-house, for a small country dwelling (7) |
| DETECTIVES | Another name for investigators, such as those depicted in books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Dame Agatha Christie (10) |
| CHANTICLEER | Literary name for a male domestic fowl, from a character in the medieval tales of Reynard the Fox (11) |
| URANUS | The only planet whose name is derived from a character in Greek mythology |
| ADLER | Irene in a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| HOLMES | Surname of the private detective character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6) |
| REICHENBACHFALLS | Location of the final altercation between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (11,5) |
| MOONLITMOOR | Howler's setting in The Hound of the baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 wds. |
