| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| SHADY | Suspect | |
| ALIBI | Suspect’s excuse | |
| SHADIEST | Most suspect | |
| FISHIER | More suspect | |
| SUSPECTED | Of Suspect | |
| SUSPECTING | Of Suspect | |
| HELENMIRREN | PRIME SUSPECT actress | |
| IFFY | Suspect some Cardiff yachtsmen | |
| CLEAR | Rule out as suspect | |
| BELLO | Maria of Prime Suspect | |
| SPECTRES | Suspect resident hid ghosts | |
| RORT | Incident of suspect behaviour | |
| FEAR | To suspect; to doubt. | |
| MISGIVE | To suspect; to dread. | |
| SIN | Prime suspect joins in crime | |
| SPECTRUM | Suspect rumours cover broad range | |
| PUMPS | Interrogates suspect in dancing shoes | |
| SWILL | Prime suspect will drink greedily | |
| DEPOT | Tyrant let prime suspect leave storehouse | |
| HOSTEL | Prime suspect found in hotel accommodation | |
| SUSPENSEFUL | Thrilling prime suspect useful, admit writers | |
| EXIST | Be prime suspect. hiding in exit | |
| SCRAGGY | Prime suspect rugged or unattractively thin? | |
| RATIFIES | Sanctions rodent, if that is prime suspect | |
| SENTRY | Guard prime suspect on the way in | |