| Detective with a mystery magazine | 33 |
| Detective with a large family | 29 |
| Detective who wrote about himself? | 34 |
| Detective who frequented the jazz club Mother's | 51 |
| Detective Vance | 15 |
| Detective usin' taps? | 25 |
| Detective system | 16 |
| Detective superintendent Jane of TV's "Prime Suspect" | 67 |
| Detective story writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 42 |
| Detective story writer Manfred | 30 |
| Detective story pioneer | 23 |
| Detective stories | 17 |
| Detective Stabler's first name on "Law & Order: SVU" | 70 |
| Detective Spade | 15 |
| Detective sort | 14 |
| Detective show Peter | 20 |
| Detective Roderick Alleyn's creator | 39 |
| Detective Queen | 15 |
| Detective portrayed by Lorre | 28 |
| Detective Poirot, e.g. | 22 |
| Detective played in films by Chester Morris | 43 |
| Detective played by Peter Lorre | 31 |
| Detective Pinkerton and others | 30 |
| Detective Pinkerton | 19 |
| Detective Philo | 15 |
| Detective Peter of old TV | 25 |
| Detective or pianist | 20 |
| Detective of note | 17 |
| Detective of fiction | 20 |
| Detective of British TV | 23 |
| Detective of a sort | 19 |
| Detective of 1960s-'70s TV | 30 |
| Detective novelist ___ Stanley Gardner | 38 |
| Detective novelist Paretsky | 27 |
| Detective novelist named for a golfer? | 38 |
| Detective novelist John Dickson ___ | 35 |
| Detective novelist Erle Stanley | 31 |
| Detective novelist Erle | 23 |
| Detective novelist -- Stanley Gardner | 37 |
| Detective Nancy | 15 |
| Detective Mac Taylor portrayer on "CSI:NY" | 52 |
| Detective Lupin | 15 |
| Detective Lord ___ Wimsey | 25 |
| Detective lit's Lupin | 25 |
| Detective John Munch portrayer Richard | 38 |
| Detective job | 13 |
| Detective in a wheelchair | 25 |
| Detective in "The Shanghai Cobra" | 43 |
| Detective in "The Shanghai Chest" | 43 |
| Detective in "Fer-de-Lance" | 37 |
| Detective Houston | 17 |
| Detective Gunn of TV fame | 25 |
| Detective Gunn of TV | 20 |
| Detective game | 14 |
| Detective for old people in the afternoon | 41 |
| Detective fond of aphorisms | 27 |
| Detective fiction writer ___ Stanley Gardner | 44 |
| Detective fiction writer Paretsky | 33 |
| Detective fiction pioneer | 25 |
| Detective famous for a "last case" | 44 |
| Detective duo's terrier | 27 |
| Detective duo's dog | 23 |
| Detective Drew | 14 |
| Detective Dick | 14 |
| Detective Cross in James Patterson thrillers | 44 |
| Detective Cross in James Patterson novels | 41 |
| Detective created by Rex | 24 |
| Detective Charlie | 17 |
| Detective Carter | 16 |
| Detective Briscoe of "Law & Order" | 48 |
| Detective Archer of fiction | 27 |
| Detective Archer | 16 |
| Detective aided by various sons | 31 |
| Detective aided by his secretary | 32 |
| Detective aided by his father | 29 |
| Detective aided by his brother | 30 |
| Detective agency founder Pinkerton | 34 |
| Detective Adrian Monk's condition (abbr.) | 45 |
| Detective Adrian Monk's condition | 37 |
| Detective | 9 |
| Detection technology | 20 |
| Detection system | 16 |
| Detection methods | 17 |
| Detection medium | 16 |
| Detection gear | 14 |
| Detection devices | 17 |
| Detection device | 16 |
| Detection apparatus | 19 |
| Detection aircraft | 18 |
| Detection ability | 17 |
| Detection | 9 |
| Detecting duo's dog | 23 |
| Detecting device | 16 |
| Detecting apparatus | 19 |
| Detecting | 9 |
| Detected, in a way | 18 |
| Detected, as a rat? | 19 |
| Detected, as a rat | 18 |
| Detected | 8 |
| Detect, in a way | 16 |