| Inspector Clouseau, frequently | 30 |
| Completely in the dark | 22 |
| Alicia Silverstone movie | 24 |
| Ignorant youngsters are afraid of Casper? | 41 |
| Hints | 5 |
| Leads | 5 |
| Helpful hints | 13 |
| Investigation aids | 18 |
| What are you looking at? | 24 |
| Hints for Holmes | 16 |
| Evidence left behind | 20 |
| You're trying to figure them out | 36 |
| Whodunit tidbits | 16 |
| Part of this puzzles' theme | 31 |
| Hints for Sherlock | 18 |
| Fodder for Sherlock | 19 |
| Fingerprints, often | 19 |
| You're reading them | 23 |
| Whodunit necessities | 20 |
| Whodunit finds | 14 |
| Whodunit data | 13 |
| What Paul Weller gives you right now? | 37 |
| Tips for tecs | 13 |
| Tip-offs | 8 |
| This puzzle has many | 20 |
| This list | 9 |
| Things pieced together | 22 |
| Things hidden in treasure hunts | 31 |
| They can help close a case | 26 |
| Solving aids | 12 |
| Sleuth material | 15 |
| Sherlockian finds | 17 |
| Sherlock Holmes looks for them | 30 |
| Prints and tracks, maybe | 24 |
| Prints and threads, to detectives | 33 |
| Paul Weller song for these answers? | 35 |
| Nancy Drew findings | 19 |
| Mystery movie array | 19 |
| Mystery elements | 16 |
| Items like this | 15 |
| Information sought by Hercule Poirot | 36 |
| Footprints, bloodstains, etc. | 29 |
| Fingerprints, at times | 22 |
| Evidence for Sherlock | 21 |
| Every crossword has them | 24 |
| Detectives' helpers | 23 |
| Definitions in puzzles | 22 |
| Cruciverbalist's writing | 28 |
| Cruciverbalist's need | 25 |
| Crossword necessity | 19 |
| Crossword necessities | 21 |
| Aids for Holmes | 15 |
| ...and what its characters seek | 31 |
| Chunk | 5 |
| Mass of grass | 13 |
| Group of trees | 14 |
| Bunch of bushes | 15 |
| Glob | 4 |
| Dirt cluster | 12 |
| Opposite of break apart | 23 |
| Iamamiwhoami song that will stick together? | 43 |
| Heavy footstep | 14 |
| Divot on the golf course, e.g. | 30 |
| Compacted mass | 14 |
| Cluster of plants | 17 |
| Cluster of grass | 16 |
| Bushy group | 11 |
| Globs | 5 |
| Small groups, as of bushes | 26 |
| Clusters of plants | 18 |
| Adhered | 7 |
| Adhered (to) | 12 |
| Stuck to | 8 |
| Held on | 7 |
| Nellie Mc______ | 15 |
| Held (to) | 9 |
| Emulated a limpet | 17 |
| Dull sound | 10 |
| Fall sound | 10 |
| Sound of a fall | 15 |
| Dull thump | 10 |
| Hard thump | 10 |
| Heap | 4 |
| Old jalopy | 10 |
| Old, beat-up car | 16 |
| Dull sounds | 11 |
| Engine trouble indicators | 25 |
| Critical situation | 18 |
| Do-or-die situation | 19 |
| Brake neighbor | 14 |
| Shifting mechanism | 18 |
| Shifting aid | 12 |
| Handbag; purse | 14 |
| Gearshift-car pedal | 19 |
| A ____ of chickens | 18 |
| Makes a mess | 12 |
| Hoarders' problems | 22 |
| Fills untidily | 14 |
| Creates disorder | 16 |
| XXXI times V | 12 |