| Detective's concern | 23 |
| Basket or head follower | 23 |
| A dozen bottles of wine | 23 |
| Word with legal or lower | 24 |
| Word with head or cold | 22 |
| Word with goods or study | 24 |
| Word with goods or history | 26 |
| Word with book or load | 22 |
| Word with basket or federal | 27 |
| Word in mystery titles | 22 |
| Word in many a Gardner title | 28 |
| What one may do to a joint? | 27 |
| What one does to a joint? | 25 |
| What Miss Marple works on | 25 |
| What a sleuth tries to close | 28 |
| Vintner's quantity | 22 |
| Upper or lower follower | 23 |
| Twenty-four cans of beer | 24 |
| Something tried in a court | 26 |
| Six-pack's relative | 23 |
| Scope out, before a heist | 25 |
| Private eye's project | 25 |
| Part of a judge's docket | 28 |
| Mason's assignment | 22 |
| Look over with ill intent | 25 |
| Look over before holding up | 27 |
| Job for the Hardy Boys | 22 |
| Job for Mason or Trent | 22 |
| Job for Carmen Sandiego | 23 |
| It may be upper or lower | 24 |
| Investigate surreptitiously | 27 |
| Inspect with larceny in mind | 28 |
| Holmes work assignment | 22 |
| Gumshoe's assignment | 24 |
| Examine before burglarizing | 27 |
| Erle Stanley Gardner affair | 27 |
| Check out surreptitiously | 25 |
| Attorney's assignment | 25 |
| Alt-country's Neko | 22 |
| 12 bottles of wine, e.g. | 24 |
| "I rest my ---" | 25 |
| "___ dismissed!" | 26 |
| "___ closed!" | 23 |
| Checked out before robbing | 26 |
| Looked over larcenously | 23 |
| Examined, as before a robbery | 29 |
| Checked out before a heist | 26 |
| Took a first look, as a crook | 29 |
| Surveyed surreptitiously | 24 |
| Studied with felonious intent | 29 |
| Studied "the joint" | 29 |
| Scrutinized, with ill intent | 28 |
| Scoped out, before a heist | 26 |
| Scoped out, before a burglary | 29 |
| Researched before robbing | 25 |
| Packed up for shipment | 22 |
| Looked over before a heist | 26 |
| Inspected, Sutton style | 23 |
| In a protective container | 25 |
| Gave a place the once-over | 26 |
| Examined, pre-burglary | 22 |
| Examined, before a heist | 24 |
| Examined before robbing | 23 |
| Checked out, in crimespeak | 26 |
| Checked out, before a job | 25 |
| Checked out, as a joint | 23 |
| Checked out before a job | 24 |
| Checked out (the joint) | 23 |
| Checked before a heist | 22 |
| Basis for legal precedent | 25 |
| Source of legal precedents | 26 |
| Source of legal precedent | 25 |
| Judge-made legislation | 22 |
| It's not legislated | 23 |
| Court citation, at times | 24 |
| Basis of stare decisis | 22 |
| Bank robber's advance man | 29 |
| One monitoring a joint | 22 |
| Boxing is his "bag" | 29 |
| They're heard in court | 26 |
| Social worker's workload | 28 |
| Social worker's backlog | 27 |
| Attorney's workload | 23 |
| Social worker's load | 24 |
| Looks over larcenously | 22 |
| Examines for crime potential | 28 |
| Detective's assignments | 27 |
| Work for Holmes or Mason | 24 |
| Work for F. Lee Bailey | 22 |
| Stack in a liquor store | 23 |
| Physician's concerns | 24 |
| Lots and lots of lager | 22 |
| Lawyers' undertakings | 25 |
| Detectives' concerns | 24 |
| Detective's workload | 24 |
| Detective's duties | 22 |
| Beer pong tournament needs | 26 |
| Assignments for Sam Spade | 25 |
| Ablative and dative, e.g. | 25 |
| Like most computer passwords | 28 |