- COP
- Filch
- __ a plea
- Flatfoot
- Friday, e.g.
- Be a thief ... or a word for someone who chases a thief
- Buy, in slang
- One wielding tear gas or driving a tank, perhaps, alas (and, after burrowing, a 37-Down/43-Across from Barry Manilow)
- Ticket master?
- The Heat role
- Bobby, e.g.
- Beat walker
- Bobby from Britain
- One in a cruiser
- Pig
- Whistle blower?
- Station employee
- Word in either blank of "Good ___/bad ___"
- Steal
- One keeping a steady beat
- Man on the beat
- Beat figure?
- R.C.M.P. member, slangily
- Beat traveler
- Worker who's often at his station?
- Worker at a station
- Pilfer
- Serpico, for one
- Raider, maybe
- Black Lives Matter protest subject
- Common stripper costume
- Fence catcher
- Procedural role
- Ticket agent of a sort
- One with a beat
- The Man
- Policeman
- Speeder stopper
- Murder One extra
- Radar gun pointer
- Black-and-white driver
- Eddie Murphy's Axel Foley, for one
- Persona for one of the Village People
- Shield wearer
- Radar gun wielder
- Swipe
- Boy in blue
- Avoid responsibility, with "out"
- Fuzz
- One may come in a black-and-white
- ___ a plea
- Man with a beat
- Beat-nik?
- Dirty Harry, for one
- Unit of heat?
- Arresting figure?
- Badge wearer
- Force member
- Badge bearer
- Kojak or Columbo
- Real trooper?
- Adopt, as an attitude
- Crime buster
- Person with a beat
- Beverly Hills ___
- One carrying handcuffs
- Person on a beat
- Person with a collar?
- Figure in an "America's Most Wanted" episode
- Police officer
- Squad car driver
- Frank Bullitt or Harry Callahan
- Word before "a squat" or "a plea"
- Get
- NYPD Blue extra
- Back (out)
- One on a force
- Snatch
- Traffic __
- Renege, with "out"
- Back (out), informally
- Friday, for one
- Robber chaser
- Robber's foe
- Friday, notably
- Radar gun aimer
- With "a" and 9-Down, admit to a lesser offense
- One on a beat
- One whose tickets are often expensive
- Glom
- Chicago P.D. extra
- Blue wearer, usually
- Good __/bad __: interrogation method
- Police force member
- Station occupant
- Rip off
- Rights reader
- Steal ... or the one who catches the thief
- Booking agent?
- Blue Bloods extra
- One collaring a perp
- Perp chaser
- Slangily admit, with "to"
- Steal, in slang
- Admit, with "to"
- Panda car driver
- Joe Friday was one
- Sergeant Friday, e.g.
- Patrolman
- He pounds a beat
- Joe Friday, for one
- CBer's "bear"
- One on the beat
- Citation issuer
- Ticket issuer
- Law enforcer, informally
- 54 Across participant
- Catch
- Worker with a beat
- Law enforcer
- Radar user
- Steal, slangily
- Lift
- One on the force
- Baton twirler
- Patrol car driver
- See 48 Down
- Ticket distributor
- One who hands out tickets
- Dirty Harry, e.g.
- Appropriate, informally
- Member of New York's Finest
- Fish or Friday, e.g.
- Force unit?
- Guardian of the Law: Slang.
- Policeman: Slang.
- Murderer's foe.
- Bluecoat.
- Bobby's twin.
- Capture a prize: Slang.
- Man on a beat.
- Man in blue.
- Bobby.
- Top of a hill.
- Jack Webb's role.
- Word J. Edgar Hoover is against.
- Traffic regulator.
- Jack Webb role.
- Bobby's cousin.
- Conical mass of thread.
- Crest of a hill.
- Law man: Slang.
- Policeman, to a hood
- Roll of yarn.
- Yarn on a spindle.
- Capture: Slang
- Steal: Slang
- Take, as a plea
- Traffic ___
- Snitch
- Bear in C.B. lingo
- Blue Knight
- Kojak, e.g.
- Beat man
- Guy on a beat
- One of the fuzz
- Crook catcher
- Narc. for one
- O. Henry's "The ___ and the Anthem"
- Beat pounder
- Bull
- Collar maker
- Bobby's relative over here
- Bobby, here
- Bear
- Acquire, slangily
- Heat unit?
- Lift, so to speak
- One of the finest
- Extra in a procedural
- Get, slangily
- Person in a pullover?
- Your role in this puzzle [the asterisked clues will help you crack the case]
- One who walks a beat
- Word after good and bad
- Arrester
- One who handles bookings
- Whom you might see in your rearview mirror if you ignore the above signs
- Whistle blower, at times
- One not missing a beat?
- Admit (to)
- Nightstick carrier
- Perp pursuer
- 24-Across, for one
- Bobby : U.K. :: ___ : U.S.
- Driver of a black-and-white car
- One involved with tickets and bookings
- One who keeps the beat?
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine figure
- Beat patroller
- Crime show figure
- Just fine
- Citation provider
- Robber chaser, in a children's game
- Just about every character on "Brooklyn Nine-Nine"
- Own up (to)
- Good or "bad" questioner
- Beat ___
- Miranda rights reader
- One of the Village People
- Beat worker
- Unit of force?
- Toody or Muldoon
- One cuffing
- Perp catcher
- Fuzz figure
- One of New York's finest
- ___-out (poor excuse)
- Cheney is being criticized for his vote against a ban on "___-killer" bullets
- Cheney is being criticized for his vote against a ban on "____-killer" bullets
- Buster?
- Good or "bad" figure in an interrogation
- Columbo, for one
- Nab
- He's got the beat
- He may have a beat
- Robber's counterpart
- Apprehend
- Officer
- Bobby's U.S. relative
- Traffic follower
- Sipowicz of "NYPD Blue," for one
- Speeding-ticket issuer
- Walker on a beat
- Wearer of blue
- One with cuffs
- Suspect chaser
- Officer of the peace
- Emergency help provider
- Arresting person
- Officer of the law
- Cruiser driver
- One may direct traffic
- Law & Order extra
- That's a total ___-out!
- Character in a "buddy" movie
- Shamus
- ____ a plea
- Apprehend, idiomatically
- Bobby's relative
- Take surreptitiously
- Man or woman in blue
- Police officer, slangily
- Whom a hippie called a "pig"
- Bodycam wearer
- Pursuer in a chase scene
- ___-out (unsatisfying answer, say)
- That's a ___-out!
- Olivia Benson's profession
- Purchase, informally
- But you say it in a tweet, that's a ___-out (Swift lyric)
- Acquire, informally
- Bobby, stateside
- Jockey's aid
- One pounding the beat
- Cruiser occupant
- Station worker
- Perp pincher
- Many an NYPD worker
- Booking expert
- Booking figure