| SHERLOCKHOLMES | Make houses secure, we"re told, after he's arrested by senior detective (8,6) |
| DISPATCH | Murder in area covered by senior detective? |
| DISHES | Is he arrested by policeman seen coming out of the kitchen? (6) |
| SCUBADIVER | Copper, corrupt, one has arrested by senior underworld investigator in suit? |
| SITROOM | White House secure spot, for short |
| FREUDIAN | Father Euan probed by senior detective's analytical technique (8) |
| MISHEAR | Erroneously catch some hoodlum - is he arrested? (7) |
| MARTINIQUE | Caribbean island - make houses popular, it being in recession |
| LIBRARIES | Reading rooms that make houses share article |
| CONCEAL | Stash of prisoner secure, we heard (7) |
| THAI | Asian secure, we hear? (4) |
| READMYFOREHEAD | Last thing you want to hear your kid say after he's gotten his first tattoo? |
| NATIONALHEALTH | Service that shows what shape we"re in (8,6) |
| ESTONIA | Country more in the red, we're told, after introduction of euro |
| TIREDNESS | A killer, we're told, after it changes colour |
| DISEASE | One's taking tablets as told after onset of debilitating illness |
| MORDRED | Legendary rebel decapitated, I'm told, after losing heart |
| DISTRICT | Area's senior detective following rules to the letter (8) |
| ICECOLD | Quite unemotional senior detective about to arrest Green and Liberal |
| DILAPIDATE | Senior detective - one in West Coast force - had lunch run down (10) |
