| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SLEUTH | Investigator | |
| DETECTIVE | Crime investigator | |
| INQUISITOR | Official investigator | |
| INSPECTOR | An investigator | |
| OMBUDSMAN | Independent complaints investigator | |
| CORONER | Investigator makes duck stand in corner | |
| SEPIA | Brown, Private Investigator, found in sea | |
| INDAGATOR | A searcher; an explorer; an investigator. | |
| INSTIGATOR | By ignoring Ev, investigator becomes a troublemaker | |
| PILOT | Investigator associated with many a trial episode | |
| INQUIRER | One who inquires or examines; questioner; investigator. | |
| HAPHAZARDLY | Risk in happily picking out private investigator at random | |
| OKAPI | Giraffe’s only relative was OK when followed by a private investigator | |
| ELECTRICIAN | An investigator of electricity; one versed in the science of electricity. | |
| SCIENTIST | One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. | |
| PATHOLOGIST | One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases. | |