| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| CLUE | Fingerprint, to a detective |
| LEADS | Clues, to a detective |
| LEAD | Promising clue, to a detective |
| ADDUP | Make sense, to a detective |
| ALIBI | Thing often given to a detective |
| GAM | Leg, to a film noir detective |
| DAMES | Women, to a hard-boiled detective |
| SCENARIO | What a detective tries to reconstruct |
| DAME | Woman, to a pulp novel detective |
| ALIBI | One may be given to a detective |
| POIROT | "Egocentric little creep" of a detective, according to the author who created him |
| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Detective solves Homely Old Shark Case with a day to spare (8,6) |
