| SEXTON | ___ Blake, fictional detective who first appeared in 1893 |
| SEXTONBLAKE | Fictional detective who first appeared in 1893 story The Missing Millionaire by Hal Meredeth aka Harry Blyth (6,5) |
| HERCULE | First name of a Belgian detective who first appeared in The Mysterious Affair at Styles in 1920 (7) |
| NANCYDREW | Fictional girl detective who first appeared in 1930 novel The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene (5,4) |
| MORSE | Detective who first appeared in the 1975 novel Last Bus to Woodstock (5) |
| HERCULEPOIROT | Detective who first appeared in novel The Mysterious Affair At Styles (7,6) |
| PHILIPMARLOWE | Raymond Chandler's detective who first appeared in The Big Sleep (6,7) |
| ADAMDALGLIESH | Detective who first appeared in P D James's 1962 novel Cover Her Face (4,9) |
| SHERLOCK | Private detective who first appears in A Study in Scarlet (8,6) |
| HOLMES | Private detective who first appears in A Study in Scarlet (8,6) |
| NEROWOLFE | Oversized armchair detective who first made an appearance in 1934 |
| BLAKE | Sexton, fictional detective who features in the 1893 story The Missing Millionaire by Hal Meredith ( |
| WOLFE | Fictional detective who was born in Montenegro |
| TENNISON | Jane, fictional detective who was the lead character in police procedural TV series Prime Suspect (8) |
| SAMSPADE | Fictional detective who made saps confess |
| MAIGRET | Fictional detective who lived on Boulevard Richard-Lenoir (7) |
| PETER | Lord ... Wimsey, fictional detective who is the son of the 15th Duke of Denver (5) |
| WATSON | Friend and assistant of the fictional detective who lives at 221B Baker Street, London (6) |
| ELLERYQUEEN | Fictional detective who's a board member? |
| AXEL | ____ Blake, British comedian who won Britain's Got Talent in 2022 (4) |
