| NOWS | "You're locked in a room with ___ and one door ..." (start of a mystery quiz) |
| INAROOM | "You're locked ___ with no windows or doors ..." (start of many a mystery puzzle) |
| WREATH | A bank of snow; a curl of cloud or smoke; a circlet of seasonal flora and evergreen foliage hung on one's door at Christmas or set with candles to represent four weeks of Advent; or, a band of twisted |
| DAYLEWIS | Daniel - -; actor in A Room with a View, My Left Foot and The Last of the Mohicans (3-5) |
| CLEW | An old word for a ball of thread guiding one through a labyrinth or maze, hence the similar word for a hint that points towards the solution of a mystery or puzzle (4) |
| ARNO | Part of the view in "A Room With a View" |
| OBSERVATIONPOST | Comment on letters in A Room With A View? (11,4) |
| LUNACY | Character in A Room with a View admits an upsetting folly (6) |
| CLUE | From "ball of thread", word for a hint, inkling, pointer or "scooby doo" that leads one to the solution of a mystery or unravels a puzzle (4) |
| WHODUNIT | A work of fiction about the solving of a mystery, especially a murder (8) |
| FORMAT | Design equivalent of something in front of one's door (6) |
| ADVENT | In such a calendar one door's opening, then another opening (6) |
| ARMADILLO | Hard-shelled mammal I'll put in a room with trouble (9) |
| MARSUPIAL | Animal has Arab investing in fancy sum ___ and one in China? (9) |
| AVIEW | Fowler's "A Room With ___" |
| MAWKISH | Man and wife locked in a never-ending smooch - hot and sentimental (7) |
| IMMOBILE | Unable to move one large herd locked in a series of yards (8) |
| EYRE | Jane who is locked in a red room as a child |
| TYRES | They go round endlessly creating a bit of a mystery (5) |
| UNKNOWN | The drunk now naturally is a bit of a mystery (7) |
