| TSAREVNA | Russian daughter's servant, a mystery (8) |
| MANDARIN | Word for a senior bureaucrat, a leading Whitehall civil servant, a Chinese language or a citrus fruit (8) |
| FAMILIAR | From "household servant", a word for a close friend or other constant companion; or, a witch's attendant spirit, often in animal/demon form (8) |
| SKIP | Flisk from foot to foot; a jump of a twirling rope; a dodge of class; a team captain; a college servant; a bounce of a stone on water; or, a dumpster (4) |
| ATTENDANT | Servant, a sober worker, receives a tip (9) |
| LINEMANAGERS | Servant a long time retained by vessel's bosses (4,8) |
| CONCIERGE | From Latin for "fellow servant", a French word used to refer to a hotel or apartment building's residential bellhop, caretaker, doorkeeper, hall porter, janitor or warden (9) |
| NAME | Celebrity giving eastern servant a rise |
| BUTLER | Servant's a busy fellow, sending son packing (6) |
| FAMILY | Social unit consisting of parents, their children and, formerly, servants; a taxonomic category; or, a group of similar musical instruments (6) |
| PROMENADEDECK | For servants, a king yielded back open place on board |
| MAIDS | Servants a spymaster assists |
| WHODUNIT | A work of fiction about the solving of a mystery, especially a murder (8) |
| MERCEDES | ___ Mcqueen, Hollyoaks village woman who was shot by a mystery assailant (8) |
| UNSOLVED | Remained a mystery why the crossword wasn't filled in (8) |
| UNRAVELS | Figures out a mystery |
| DECIPHER | Unravel, as a mystery |
| SUSPENSE | It builds in a mystery |
| THRILLER | A mystery, perhaps, where small stream feeds into the river |
| SEARCHME | "It's a mystery" |
