| OLYMPIANS | 'The 1949 opera by Sir Arthur Bliss (9) |
| BLISS | Arthur, composer of the 1949 opera The Olympians (5) |
| KINGPRIAM | Trojan opera by Sir Michael Tippett |
| EMERALDS | Gems associated with the heraldic meaning of the "Green" movement in Arthur Bliss' A Colour Symphony with hope, joy, spring, victory and youth (8) |
| BROWN | George Mackay -; Orcadian author whose novel Magnus was adapted into a chamber opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (5) |
| HARRYLIME | Villain played by Orson Welles in the 1949 British film noir The Third Man (5,4) |
| CAROLREED | Director of the 1949 film The Third Man (5,4) |
| CHEQUERS | Estate in the Chilterns bequeathed to the nation by Sir Arthur Lee in 1917, used as the country hous |
| REICHENBACHFALLS | Location of the final altercation between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (11,5) |
| MOONLITMOOR | Howler's setting in The Hound of the baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: 2 wds. |
| HOUND | The _ Of The Baskervilles, 1902 crime novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (5) |
| LINEARA | Name of one of the two undeciphered scripts discovered by Sir Arthur Evans (6,1) |
| ASTUDYINSCARLET | The first Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1887 |
| HOLMES | Surname of the private detective character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (6) |
| SIRNIGEL | 1906 novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (3,5) |
| SHERLOCK | _ Holmes, fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8) |
| MORIARTY | Professor James --, character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8) |
| ADLER | Irene in a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle |
| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (8,6) |
| DETECTIVES | Another name for investigators, such as those depicted in books by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle or Dame Agatha Christie (10) |
