Fictional detective Crossword Clue

Last seen: Newsweek, 01 Jan 2009

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MOTO
4 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Line of Android smartphonesCrossword Clue
“Hello ___” (old phone slogan)Crossword Clue
"Hello ___" (classic ringtone)Crossword Clue
Lead-in to crossCrossword Clue
Con ___: brisklyCrossword Clue
"Hello ___" (old cellphone ad line)Crossword Clue
Con ___ (with animation, musically)Crossword Clue
Start to cross?Crossword Clue
Mr. of detective fictionCrossword Clue

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CHAN
4 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Jackie of martial arts filmsCrossword Clue
"Eternals" star GemmaCrossword Clue
Jackie of "Rush Hour"Crossword Clue
Jackie of “Rush Hour”Crossword Clue
Gemma of "Crazy Rich Asians"Crossword Clue
Actor JackieCrossword Clue
Poet and drag artist Wo who performs as The Illustrious PearlCrossword Clue

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SAMSPADE
8 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
1941 Bogart roleCrossword Clue
"The Maltese Falcon" detectiveCrossword Clue
1941 Bogart partCrossword Clue
Whom Dashiell Hammett compared to a "blond satan"Crossword Clue
Old film noir figureCrossword Clue

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DREW
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Classic teen sleuth NancyCrossword Clue
Used a sketchbookCrossword Clue
Picked, as a Scrabble tileCrossword Clue
Teen sleuth NancyCrossword Clue
Competed in PictionaryCrossword Clue
Closed, as drapesCrossword Clue
Lured inCrossword Clue
Carey or BledsoeCrossword Clue
SketchedCrossword Clue
Was attractiveCrossword Clue

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FATHERBROWN
11 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Amateur sleuthCrossword Clue
GK Chesterton's detectiveCrossword Clue

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MARPLE
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Agatha Christie detectiveCrossword Clue
Miss Jane, who solved “The Murder at the Vicarage”Crossword Clue
Ample resources initially arranged for town in Greater ManchesterCrossword Clue
"The Body in the Library" sleuthCrossword Clue
Fictional sleuth, Jane ___Crossword Clue
Twinkly-eyed sleuth JaneCrossword Clue
Sleuth who knitsCrossword Clue
Miss ___, detective created by Agatha ChristieCrossword Clue
Miss ___, character created by Agatha Christie in 1927Crossword Clue

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NEROWOLFE
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Rex Stout characterCrossword Clue

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NICKCARTER
10 Letters

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POIROT
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Literary detective whose final case is in 1975's "Curtain"Crossword Clue
Christie sleuth HerculeCrossword Clue
Agatha Christie character who has been played by John Malkovich and David SuchetCrossword Clue
Investigator going up first round Olympic siteCrossword Clue
He solves “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”Crossword Clue
Christie creationCrossword Clue
"Murder on the Orient Express" detectiveCrossword Clue
"Little grey cells" detectiveCrossword Clue
Detective finds headless writer in vesselCrossword Clue

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QUEEN
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
It may go across the boardCrossword Clue
They have the Guinness distinction of Longest Running Fan Club for a GroupCrossword Clue
Consort, German essentially?Crossword Clue
It made Mercury a starCrossword Clue
Powerful chess pieceCrossword Clue
Powerful piece from rock bandCrossword Clue
"All Hail the ___" (Latifah's debut album)Crossword Clue
Promoted pawn, oftenCrossword Clue
Chess pieceCrossword Clue

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SHAYNE
6 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Irish name variant derived from JohnCrossword Clue
N.F.L. kicker Graham who played for 14 teamsCrossword Clue
Man's name that anagrams to HYENASCrossword Clue
Michael ___, Brett Halliday detectiveCrossword Clue

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SHERLOCK
8 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Doctor John was his assistant for many casesCrossword Clue
Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detectiveCrossword Clue
Sleuth of inferior quality concealing hesitationCrossword Clue
Detective at emergency room left in dazed stateCrossword Clue
Detective novel starts in rural location of contract killingCrossword Clue
Genius, informallyCrossword Clue
Role for Basil and BenedictCrossword Clue
Expert sleuthCrossword Clue
As solver, sound hesitant to get into second-rate stuffCrossword Clue

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SPADE
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Ground-breaking toolCrossword Clue
Garden shovelCrossword Clue
It might turn up a turnipCrossword Clue
Garden toolCrossword Clue
Digging toolCrossword Clue
Comic actor DavidCrossword Clue
Card in a black suitCrossword Clue
Bogart role of 1941Crossword Clue
Black jack, sometimesCrossword Clue

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THESAINT
8 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Nickname of the fictional character, Simon TemplarCrossword Clue
Alias of Simon Templar in books and TVCrossword Clue
Title role for Roger Moore and Val KilmerCrossword Clue

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VANCE
5 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Oklahoma's ___ Air Force BaseCrossword Clue
"Lovecraft Country" Emmy winner Courtney B. ___Crossword Clue
Courtney B. with two Emmys and a TonyCrossword Clue
Oklahoma Air Force baseCrossword Clue
Former secretary of state CyrusCrossword Clue
Carter secretary of stateCrossword Clue
Hall-of-Famer DazzyCrossword Clue
Carter's first secretary of stateCrossword Clue

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EASY
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Nothing to it!"Crossword Clue
"No problem!"Crossword Clue
"Don't stress yourself"Crossword Clue
"It's a cinch!"Crossword Clue
"Relax"Crossword Clue
"Piece of cake!"Crossword Clue
Very doableCrossword Clue
Difficulty level for a newbie gamerCrossword Clue
A cinchCrossword Clue
Like 1-2-3Crossword Clue

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NERO
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Infamous Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Notorious Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Wolfe of detective fictionCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman emperorCrossword Clue
"Too Many Cooks" sleuth WolfeCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman rulerCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman emperorCrossword Clue
Wolfe of detective fictionCrossword Clue
Emperor after ClaudiusCrossword Clue

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ALEX
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"Call Her Daddy" podcast host CooperCrossword Clue
Longtime "Jeopardy!" host TrebekCrossword Clue
Former soccer pro MorganCrossword Clue
Alternative to XanderCrossword Clue
Two-time Women's World Cup champion MorganCrossword Clue
"Call Her Daddy" podcaster CooperCrossword Clue
Trebek who hosted "Jeopardy!" from 1984-2020Crossword Clue
Ovechkin who broke Wayne Gretzky's N.H.L. goals recordCrossword Clue
Morgan or TrebekCrossword Clue
Onetime "Jeopardy!" host TrebekCrossword Clue

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ARSENE
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Fictional thief LupinCrossword Clue
Fictional gentleman thief LupinCrossword Clue
Detective LupinCrossword Clue
"___ Lupin Versus Herlock Sholmes" (1910 story collection)Crossword Clue
Leblanc's LupinCrossword Clue
Leblanc's light-fingered LupinCrossword Clue
Premier League manager Wenger (the club he manages has the same first five letters as his first name)Crossword Clue
Lupin of fictionCrossword Clue
Lupin of fictionCrossword Clue

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LEW
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Fish-throwing Muppet ___ ZealandCrossword Clue
___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, formerly)Crossword Clue
Kareem's former nameCrossword Clue
___ Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s birth name)Crossword Clue
Fictional sleuth ArcherCrossword Clue
___ Wallace, author of "Ben-Hur"Crossword Clue
___ Zealand, Muppet known for fish-throwingCrossword Clue
Archer in mystery novelsCrossword Clue
Man's nickname that omits the "is" at the endCrossword Clue
"Ben-Hur" author WallaceCrossword Clue

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PHILO
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
___ Farnsworth, inventor dubbed "The Father of Television"Crossword Clue
Literary sleuth VanceCrossword Clue
Detective VanceCrossword Clue
Vance of whodunitsCrossword Clue
TV inventor FarnsworthCrossword Clue
Fictional tec VanceCrossword Clue
Love: PrefixCrossword Clue
Detective VanceCrossword Clue
Prefix meaning "loving"Crossword Clue

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SAM
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Froot Loops mascot Toucan ___Crossword Clue
___ HillCrossword Clue
"A Change Is Gonna Come" singer-songwriter CookeCrossword Clue
"Cheers" protagonistCrossword Clue
Frodo's sidekickCrossword Clue
Uncle ___Crossword Clue
Nickname that drops "-uel"Crossword Clue
Sleuth SpadeCrossword Clue
"Cupid" singer CookeCrossword Clue
"Cheers" bartenderCrossword Clue

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TRAVIS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Tight end KelceCrossword Clue
Three-time Super Bowl winner KelceCrossword Clue
Rock band whose hits include Why Does It Always Rain on Me?Crossword Clue
Scottish group promotes special talent to gain victory with independenceCrossword Clue
Scottish group promotes special talent to gain victory with independenceCrossword Clue
“Sicko Mode” rapper ScottCrossword Clue
___ Kalanick, now-ousted C.E.O. and co-founder of UberCrossword Clue
Randy with five CMAsCrossword Clue
"I Told You So" singer RandyCrossword Clue
Sitarist Ravi Shankars groupCrossword Clue

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TRENT
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Nine Inch Nails singer ReznorCrossword Clue
Reznor with two Oscars for Best Original ScoreCrossword Clue
Singer/songwriter ___ ReznorCrossword Clue
Reznor of Nine Inch NailsCrossword Clue
Site of a historic church councilCrossword Clue
Into which Nottinghamshire County cricketers may hit the ball?Crossword Clue
Reznor of Nine Inch NailsCrossword Clue
Reznor of Nine Inch NailsCrossword Clue
The T in the T&M 6?Crossword Clue
Stoke-on-___: English cityCrossword Clue

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MORSE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Inspector of British mysteriesCrossword Clue
Inspector ___, detective created by Colin DexterCrossword Clue
Code with dits and dahsCrossword Clue
Code with dits and dahsCrossword Clue
Code nameCrossword Clue
___ codeCrossword Clue
Inventor who might be described as dotty or dashing?Crossword Clue
___ codeCrossword Clue
___ codeCrossword Clue
Code creatorCrossword Clue

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REBUS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
An eye for an I?Crossword Clue
Picture puzzleCrossword Clue
Puzzle involving picturesCrossword Clue
Picture puzzleCrossword Clue
Puzzle in which "SHBESTOW" may represent "best in show"Crossword Clue
Picture puzzleCrossword Clue
Picture/word puzzleCrossword Clue
Puzzle for fictional detectiveCrossword Clue
Picture riddleCrossword Clue
"T___RN," for "No U-Turn," e.gCrossword Clue

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WOLFE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Nero ___, detective created by Rex StoutCrossword Clue
"The Bonfire of the Vanities" novelist TomCrossword Clue
Detective assisted by Archie GoodwinCrossword Clue
Fictional detective who was born in MontenegroCrossword Clue
“Look Homeward, Angel” author ThomasCrossword Clue
Tom who coined "radical chic"Crossword Clue
“You Can’t Go Home Again” authorCrossword Clue
Stout's stout sleuthCrossword Clue
"Look Homeward, Angel" authorCrossword Clue
Freely hang around with English writerCrossword Clue

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MCGEE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby ___"Crossword Clue
“Me and Bobby ___”Crossword Clue
Surname in a Janis Joplin songCrossword Clue
Fibber of old radioCrossword Clue
Joplin's "Me and Bobby ___"Crossword Clue
"Me and Bobby ___" (posthumous #1 hit for Janis Joplin)Crossword Clue
Bobby in a 1971 #1 hitCrossword Clue
Joplin's "Me and Bobby ___"Crossword Clue
Bobby in a 1971 #1 hitCrossword Clue
Fibber or Molly of old radioCrossword Clue

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MRS
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Title for Doubtfire, Fields or MaiselCrossword Clue
Sra., in EnglishCrossword Clue
"___ Harris Goes to Paris"Crossword Clue
___ Robinson (role in "The Graduate")Crossword Clue
"And here's to you, ___ Robinson"Crossword Clue
"The Marvelous ___ Maisel"Crossword Clue
Partner, with "the"Crossword Clue
"Mr. & ___ Smith"Crossword Clue
Peacock titleCrossword Clue
___ Peacock, character in ClueCrossword Clue

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VISHOOTERS
10 Letters

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HAMMER
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Hit hardCrossword Clue
Mallet’s kinCrossword Clue
A twice-married woman's outside clobberCrossword Clue
Rough up the Spanish implementCrossword Clue
Rapper Stanley Burrell, familiarlyCrossword Clue
Beat 2 with this?Crossword Clue
Severely criticise dreadful film company?Crossword Clue
Hard-boiled sleuth MikeCrossword Clue
Pound of meat, paltry end cutCrossword Clue
ToolCrossword Clue

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SPENSER
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Old English poet meaning to cover page with rhymes, primarilyCrossword Clue
Writer regularly sneers about writersCrossword Clue
The Faerie Queene poetCrossword Clue
Occupant of this 5 in writers contributing to seriesCrossword Clue
"Poet writes; special' Queen Elizabeth described! "Crossword Clue
"Poet writes; special Queen Elizabeth described! "Crossword Clue
Poet writes; 'special' Queen Elizabeth described!Crossword Clue
Poet having to write in ship on turning turtleCrossword Clue
“The Faerie Queene” poetCrossword Clue
Poets son writes about uprisingCrossword Clue

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LESTRADE
8 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Inspector overshadowed in caseCrossword Clue
Inspector overshadowed in case (half redacted, unfortunately)Crossword Clue
Left dearest bent copperCrossword Clue
Game's up, in general, for inspectorCrossword Clue
Games up, in general, for inspectorCrossword Clue
Old policemans way to block dodgy dealerCrossword Clue
In general, violin required for solverCrossword Clue
In general, violin required for solverCrossword Clue
Adler set about inspectorCrossword Clue
Inspector in the Holmes talesCrossword Clue

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ELLERYQUEEN
11 Letters

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INSPECTORMORSE
14 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Fictional detective whose first name is EndeavourCrossword Clue

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MARLOWE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
“Tamburlaine the Great” playwrightCrossword Clue
Horse carrying humble English dramatistCrossword Clue
Philip ___, Raymond Chandler's detectiveCrossword Clue
Dramatist from riverside town meets gruesome endingCrossword Clue
Unpleasant experience, accommodating gloomy playwrightCrossword Clue
Wisecracking sleuth PhilipCrossword Clue
Poet and playwright heard in town by ThamesCrossword Clue
"The Big Sleep" private eyeCrossword Clue
Shakespeare contemporaryCrossword Clue
Tough guy who investigated more lawbreakingCrossword Clue

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EREBUS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Greek god of darkness – be sureCrossword Clue
Personification of darkness, in Greek mythCrossword Clue
Darkness personified, in Greek mythologyCrossword Clue
Antarctic volcanoCrossword Clue
Greek god of darkness — active volcano in AntarcticaCrossword Clue
Deity born from ChaosCrossword Clue
Volcano named after a god of darknessCrossword Clue
Before public transport, its hellCrossword Clue
European detective in underworld locationCrossword Clue
Greek god of darkness: Antarctic volcanoCrossword Clue

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SPADES
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Digging toolsCrossword Clue
Passed rumpled suitCrossword Clue
Cook passed quarterdeck?Crossword Clue
Some kings and queensCrossword Clue
Trick-taking gameCrossword Clue
Some gardening toolsCrossword Clue
Suit of cardsCrossword Clue
Tools passed up the wallCrossword Clue
Awkwardly passed some cardsCrossword Clue
Some queens passed outCrossword Clue

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CLOUSEAU
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Read out one of these, then film policemanCrossword Clue
Copper outside, look, to employ a bungling inspectorCrossword Clue
Inspector caught rascal with goldCrossword Clue
Copper nabbing unpleasant person with a bumbling detectiveCrossword Clue
Bumbling detective of filmCrossword Clue
Bumbling detective of filmCrossword Clue
Film character based on PoirotCrossword Clue

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ACEVENTURA
10 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Detective in an aloha shirtCrossword Clue
Carreys detective happening to be in car (3,7)Crossword Clue
Pet detective of filmCrossword Clue

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CHARLATAN
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Rogue sporting cardinal hat ousts DICrossword Clue
MountebankCrossword Clue
Article found under church altar unfortunately is phoneyCrossword Clue
Almost all of plan referring to births rejected as a shamCrossword Clue
Cleaner brought over the French bronze - a fakeCrossword Clue
Church altar misused by an impostorCrossword Clue
TricksterCrossword Clue
West coast city featuring in map and article is a cheatCrossword Clue
Daily Mail finally advanced on Brown, the bastard!Crossword Clue
Domestic birth repelled quackCrossword Clue

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Showing 41 Matching Answers

MOTO

9 RELATED CLUES

CHAN

7 RELATED CLUES

SAMSPADE

5 RELATED CLUES

DREW

10 RELATED CLUES

FATHERBROWN

2 RELATED CLUES

MARPLE

9 RELATED CLUES

NEROWOLFE

1 RELATED CLUES

NICKCARTER

POIROT

9 RELATED CLUES

QUEEN

9 RELATED CLUES

SHAYNE

4 RELATED CLUES

SHERLOCK

9 RELATED CLUES

SPADE

9 RELATED CLUES

THESAINT

3 RELATED CLUES

VANCE

8 RELATED CLUES

EASY

10 RELATED CLUES

NERO

10 RELATED CLUES

ALEX

10 RELATED CLUES

ARSENE

9 RELATED CLUES

LEW

10 RELATED CLUES

PHILO

9 RELATED CLUES

SAM

10 RELATED CLUES

TRAVIS

10 RELATED CLUES

TRENT

10 RELATED CLUES

MORSE

10 RELATED CLUES

REBUS

10 RELATED CLUES

WOLFE

10 RELATED CLUES

MCGEE

10 RELATED CLUES

MRS

10 RELATED CLUES

VISHOOTERS

HAMMER

10 RELATED CLUES

SPENSER

10 RELATED CLUES

LESTRADE

10 RELATED CLUES

ELLERYQUEEN

INSPECTORMORSE

1 RELATED CLUES

MARLOWE

10 RELATED CLUES

EREBUS

10 RELATED CLUES

SPADES

10 RELATED CLUES

CLOUSEAU

7 RELATED CLUES

ACEVENTURA

3 RELATED CLUES

CHARLATAN