| RIGGS | One of the detectives in "Lethal Weapon" |
| THOMSON | One of the detectives in the Tintin stories (7) |
| KARENPIRIE | One of the detectives, in a perkier fashion (5,5) |
| TYNE | ___ Daly, who played one of the detectives in TV series Cagney & Lacey |
| HOMICIDE | One gets the detectives in the house for the killing (8) |
| ALEXMORROW | Drink could be sign of something wrong the next day for one of the detectives (4,6) |
| JIMTAGGART | Place to work out. one hearing ragtag assembly with final attempt at one of the detectives (3,7) |
| HAMISH | Meat is hot, as one of the detectives precedes Macbeth (6) |
| INCIDENT | Violent event? As one of the detectives, gets dispatched first off (8) |
| LOGAN | One of the detectives demolishes caramel log. taking name for league (5,5) |
| MCRAE | One of the detectives demolishes caramel log. taking name for league (5,5) |
| JACK | Knave put down with legal code by one of the detectives (4,7) |
| REBUS | Good book writer with extremely rude vehicle, one of the detectives (4,5) |
| JOHN | Good book writer with extremely rude vehicle, one of the detectives (4,5) |
| LAIDLAW | Knave put down with legal code by one of the detectives (4,7) |
| RENERUSSO | Mel Gibson's co-star in "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Ransom" |
| RENE | Russo in "Lethal Weapon 4" |
| RUSSO | Actress Rene in "Lethal Weapon 3" and 4 |
| JETLI | Villain portrayer in "Lethal Weapon 4" |
| PESCI | Leo in Lethal Weapon 2, 3 & 4, Joe ___ |
