| UNTOUCHABLES | The ---, nickname of the team of law enforcement agents led by Eliot Ness in Chicago in the 1930s (12) |
| ELIOTNESS | American Prohibition agent, leader of a team of law enforcement agents nicknamed The Untouchables (5,4) |
| TSHIRT | Casual clothing that is taken from the troubled thirties (1-5) |
| HOUSEMUSIC | Genre that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s represented by songs such as Steve 'Silk' Hurley's Jack Your Body |
| THEUNTOUCHABLES | India's lowest class led by Eliot Ness? (3,12) |
| POSSESS | Have teams of law-enforcers capturing last of the criminals (7) |
| CAPS | Nickname of the team that calls D.C. home |
| REPORTEDLY | Agent led Tory astray, from what we hear (10) |
| COSTNER | Kevin --, actor who rose to prominence with his portrayal of Eliot Ness in the 1987 film 'The Untouchables' (7) |
| TMAN | Law enforcement agent of the Department of Treasury of the USA |
| TMNA | Law enforcement agent of the US Department of Treasury |
| SEARSTOWER | Original name of the structure which opened in Chicago in 1973 as the world's tallest building (5,5) |
| ROTARY | The oldest service club organisation in the world, it was first set up in Chicago in 1905 |
| ZIGANDZAG | Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison who joined the team of Channel 4's Big Breakfast in 1992 |
| SPROUTS | Short word for the miniature cabbage-like vegetables that are depicted in paintings by Eliot Hodgkin, named after Brussels, seasonal in the winter and cooked as part of Christmas Day fare (7) |
| STACK | Robert, actor who played Eliot Ness in television's The Untouchables (5) |
| SHERIFF | In the US, an elected official in charge of law enforcement (7) |
| FEDS | Makes defence of showing up with some law-enforcement agents (4) |
| ALEXANDERSRAGTIMEBAND | Emma Carus was the first singer of this Irving Berlin classic, in Chicago in 1911 |
| WINDYCITY | Chicago in the US and Wellington in NZ share this nickname (5,4) |
