TAG Teaser 105 - Clues For Sleuths!

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Across
  1. 1. Sounds like a holy sleuth? Adrian ????, San Francisco homicide consultant with many phobias, played by Tony Shalhoub (4)
  2. 5. Hercule ??????, the waxed-moustache, impeccably dressed Belgian sleuth created (like Miss 1-DOWN) by Agatha Christie, and played on film by Peter Ustinov and on telly by David Suchet (6)
  3. 7. Jules ???????, famous French commissaire created by Georges Simenon, who solves crimes in Paris and likes to be referred to by his surname only! (7)
  4. 8. Lieutenant ???????, the cigar-smoking, raincoat-clad detective (whose first name is never revealed!), played to perfection by Peter Falk in 69 TV movies from 1968 until 2003 (7)
  5. 11. Father ?????, G.K. Chesterton's priest with a knack for solving a case, played by Mark Williams in the T.V. show (5)
  6. 12. ?????? and Lacey, the two NYPD detectives played by Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly in the hit TV show which ran from 1982 until 1988 (6)
  7. 15. Veronica ????, Californian teen sleuth played by Kristen Bell in the series named after the character (Hint... also a planet!) (4)
  8. 16. Inspector ???????, Ruth Rendell's famous, sensitive detective, played onscreen by George Baker (7)
  9. 17. Inspector ?????, Colin Dexter's brainy, beer-loving Oxford sleuth who drives a red Jaguar. Played by John Thaw in the T.V. show (5)
Down
  1. 1. Miss ??????, who like Monsieur 5-ACROSS was created by Agatha Christie, is an eccentric, thoroughly nice lady who also happens to be a genius sleuth! She was most famously played on film by Margaret Rutherford (6)
  2. 2. Whenever "thurr's been a murrdurr" in Glasgow, call on this no-nonsense Chief Inspector, played by Mark McManus from 1983 until his passing in 1994 (7)
  3. 3. Kurt ?????????, gritty, opera-loving Swedish detective played by Kenneth Branagh (9)
  4. 4. John ?????, Edinburgh's own music-loving, hard-drinking detective, who first appeared in Ian Rankin's book "Knots and Crosses" in 1987, and has since been played by John Hannah and Ken Stott (5)
  5. 6. ?????? Doo, Where Are You? Probably in the kitchen getting some food, if we know this cartoon canine properly! (6)
  6. 9. ?????? P.I., private investigator played by Tom Selleck, who like Monsieur 5-ACROSS is as famous for his moustache as he is for his sleuthing skills!
  7. 10. Sherlock ??????... the most famous detective of them all, and resident (along with Dr John Watson) at 221b Baker Street! (6)
  8. 13. Perry ?????, the lawyer who turns detective to prove his clients' innocence, famously played on TV for over thirty years by Raymond Burr (5)
  9. 14. Jessica ????????, best-selling crime writer who frequently solves many a real-life case, played by Angela Lansbury in the hit TV show "Murder She Wrote" (8)