Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle

Question:

Answer:

LEADDETECTIVES

Length:

Similar Crossword Questions:

Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle
Summer coolers, briefly, and a hint to this puzzle's six longest answers
Charge carrier that forms a bond within each of this puzzle's four longest answers
Words to a kidder, and a hint to how this puzzle's five longest answers were created
"We're on to you!" (and a hint to how this puzzle's other four longest answers were created)
Wee hr., and a hint to a feature common to this puzzle's four longest answers
Mate, and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers
Swing both ways, and a literal hint to how four puzzle answers were created
Words of reproach, and a hint to how the four longest puzzle answers are formed
It's zero in free-fallÂ—and, put another way, a hint to how the four longest puzzle answers were formed
Cyberchuckle, and a hint to this puzzle's four longest answers
Off one's rocker, and a hint to what the four longest puzzle answers have in common
"Dog the Bounty Hunter" network, and a hint to the theme in this puzzle's four longest answers
Julian Assange's controversial website, and a hint to what's missing from this puzzle's four longest answers
Item with features that begin this puzzle's four longest answers
Call hidden in this puzzle's eight longest answers that's apt for May Day?
79, for the chem. symbol at the heart of the four longest puzzle answers
Provide recon, and another hint to this puzzle's long answers
"Dough" found in this puzzle's four longest answers
2012 Bond film ... or a hint to six other Down answers in this puzzle
"The wart stops here" product, and a hint to the theme found in eight puzzle answers
Stone that's "cut" in this puzzle's four longest answers
Coastal irregularities, and word anagrammed in this puzzle's four longest answers
NFL tiebreakers hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers
Reservoir, and hint to puzzle theme found in seven long answers