Shelterbox - Watching The Detectives C/D 25/12 Clues Only Please

[granny grump]

Struggling wit the following and would appreciate some clues - answers are the names of famous fictional detectives and/or their series.


4. ‘Great’ meets ‘old’ (5 3 6)
7. Warehouse leaf colour (5 2 4 5)
12. Mr and Mrs Playwrite (11 3 8)
23. Royals? (4 6)
26. Allowance for Chester city (12)
28. 18 stuck in female fastening mechanism (8)
32. Naughtiness in Orlando (5 4)
37. A nice bottle of red (or white or rose) (8)
43. Electrical shop near port common land (5 2 4 5)
46. What starts a hunt (3 7 ) I have seen a clue ‘Not here, looked everywhere, so he must be ........’ but it doesn’t help

[granny grump]

Thank you all for your help - I really did only want clues as that is what the setter specified
Still left with
23. Royals? (4 6)
28. 18 stuck in female fastening mechanism (8)
Also I missed
34. 10 2 (6 5)
49. White goods (5)

[cashier]

28 First name of Arthur Conan Doyle character.

[elliemay1]

28 she lock + r

[cashier]

34 Are the answers to 10 and 2 relevant here?

[elliemay1]

34 juliet bravo

[elliemay1]

20th and 2nd letters

[elliemay1]

Sorry that should be 10th!

[cashier]

We have red bloods royals have ????

[cashier]

A Michael Connelly book series protagonist. Also a surrealist painter's surname.

[granny grump]

Thank you all so much for your help