| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| THELATTESHOW | Detective story with a buzz? |
| POE | Author credited with inventing the detective story |
| CLUES | Material for a detective story. |
| DAME | Woman in a hard-boiled detective story |
| ELLERYQUEEN | Detective with a mystery magazine |
| CHARLIECHAN | Detective with a large family |
| BARETTA | TV detective with a cockatoo |
| POIROT | Fictional detective with a waxed mustache |
| CHAN | Detective with a no. 1 son |
| CHAN | Detective with a number one son |
| SLEUTHHOUND | Detective with a nose for crime fighting |
| BARETTA | '70s TV detective with a cockatoo named Fred |
| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Detective solves Homely Old Shark Case with a day to spare (8,6) |
