| TINTIN | Adventurous youth aided by Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus |
| HERGE | Cartoonist who created Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus (5) |
| ORIENTEERING | Cross-country running and route-finding aided by map and compass |
| NAN | Half portion of haddock and bread |
| COD | Fish that's related to haddock and whiting |
| BHAJI | Indian dish, boiled haddock and jalapenos is for starters |
| LLAMA | Tintin's companion Captain Haddock had reason to avoid this South American pack animal |
| VERMEER | Dutch master whose treatment of shadow and light in his paintings including Girl Interrupted at her Music, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Astronomer and The Lacemaker is thought to have been aided by |
| FISHES | Haddock and halibut |
| FISH | Aquatic vertebrate such as any one of the species seasonally inhabiting UK coastal waters including turbot, bass, brill, cod, sole, haddock and mackerel (4) |
| SYNC | Celebrity competition show hosted by Mel B and Professor Green, Lip ---- Battle UK (4) |
| REICHENBACHFALLS | Location of the final altercation between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (11,5) |
| FINAL | The -- Problem, short story by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty (5) |
| FRANKHARDY | Detective aided by his brother |
| LEWISANDCLARK | Duo aided by this puzzle's honoree |
| RAMA | Hero aided by the divine monkey Hanuman |
| POE | "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether" author |
| MULAN | Disney heroine aided by the dragon Mushu |
| DEACON | Cleric and professor have ace to play |
| CLUE | Board game featuring Mrs. White and Professor Plum |
