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
10 RELATED CLUES
Actor JackieCrossword Clue
Jackie of “Rush Hour”Crossword Clue
Poet and drag artist Wo who performs as The Illustrious PearlCrossword Clue
Jackie ___, martial arts movie starCrossword Clue
"Crazy Rich Asians" actress GemmaCrossword Clue
Martial artist JackieCrossword Clue
"Eternals" star GemmaCrossword Clue
Martial arts action star JackieCrossword Clue
7 ___, star of the Rush Hour moviesCrossword Clue
Jackie of "Rush Hour"Crossword Clue

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SAMSPADE
8 Letters
10 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
"The Maltese Falcon" sleuthCrossword Clue
Falcon fetcherCrossword Clue
"When you're slapped, you'll take it and like it" speakerCrossword Clue
Character described as looking "rather pleasantly like a blond satan"Crossword Clue
Hammett heroCrossword Clue

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DREW
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Picked a cardCrossword Clue
Picked a strawCrossword Clue
Chose a cardCrossword Clue
"The Hidden Staircase" sleuth NancyCrossword Clue
Was selected to face, as in a tournamentCrossword Clue
DoodledCrossword Clue
Nancy ___, children’s detective created by Edward Stratemeyer and othersCrossword Clue
SketchedCrossword Clue
Put pen to paperCrossword Clue
Carey or BarrymoreCrossword Clue

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FATHERBROWN
11 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
GK Chesterton's detectiveCrossword Clue
G.K. Chesterton's detective characterCrossword Clue
G.K. Chesterton's intuitive priestCrossword Clue
Chesterton characterCrossword Clue
"The Invisible Man" sleuthCrossword Clue
G.K. Chesterton detectiveCrossword Clue
G. K. Chesterton's clerical sleuthCrossword Clue
G. K. Chesterton characterCrossword Clue
G. K. Chesterton's sleuthCrossword Clue

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MARPLE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Christie heroineCrossword Clue
Christie's spinster detectiveCrossword Clue

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NEROWOLFE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Rex Stout characterCrossword Clue
He debuted in 1934's "Fer-de-Lance"Crossword Clue
"Black Orchids" sleuthCrossword Clue
Stout characterCrossword Clue
Stout fellowCrossword Clue
Archie Goodwin's employerCrossword Clue
Fictional detective who weighs a seventh of a tonCrossword Clue
Rex Stout supersleuthCrossword Clue
"The Rubber Band" sleuthCrossword Clue
"Blood Will Tell" heroCrossword Clue

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NICKCARTER
10 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Marilyn Henderson's writing nameCrossword Clue
Pulps sleuthCrossword Clue
Dime-novel tecCrossword Clue
Famous sleuth of the pulpsCrossword Clue
Paperback detectiveCrossword Clue
Dime-novel sleuthCrossword Clue
Famous dime-novel sleuthCrossword Clue

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POIROT
6 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
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
No time for wildly enjoyable event about to be hosted by prize solverCrossword Clue

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QUEEN
5 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
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
Piece of cardCrossword Clue

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SHAYNE
6 Letters
9 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
Fictional sleuth MichaelCrossword Clue
Private detective Mike of Brett Halliday novelsCrossword Clue
Bengals kicker GrahamCrossword Clue
Brett Halliday detective MichaelCrossword Clue
Popular detective created by Davis DresserCrossword 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
6 RELATED CLUES
Fashion designer KateCrossword Clue
Garden shovelCrossword Clue
One in a black suitCrossword Clue
Digging toolCrossword Clue
Garden toolCrossword Clue
What often has a heart beat?Crossword Clue

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THESAINT
8 Letters
9 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
Inspector Teal's adversaryCrossword Clue
1960s Roger Moore TV seriesCrossword Clue
Val Kilmer filmCrossword Clue
Simon Templar, familiarlyCrossword Clue
1997 Val Kilmer movieCrossword Clue
Charteris heroCrossword 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
No challengeCrossword Clue
"Nothing to it!"Crossword Clue
"Piece of cake!"Crossword Clue
Like taking candy from a baby, it's saidCrossword Clue
___ Rawlins, fictional private eye created by Walter MosleyCrossword Clue
Like child's playCrossword Clue
SimpleCrossword Clue
"Calm down"Crossword Clue
SimpleCrossword Clue
Not hardCrossword Clue

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NERO
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Infamous emperorCrossword Clue
Infamous Roman rulerCrossword Clue
Emperor when Rome burnedCrossword Clue
Emperor Claudius's successorCrossword Clue
Fictional sleuth WolfeCrossword Clue
Name hidden in "hard-line Roman Emperor"Crossword Clue
Emperor when Rome burnedCrossword Clue
Roman emperor after ClaudiusCrossword Clue
Wolfe of fictionCrossword Clue
Wolfe of "Three at Wolfe's Door"Crossword Clue

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ALEX
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ovechkin or MorganCrossword Clue
Morgan of soccerCrossword Clue
Honnold who was the first to free-solo climb El CapitanCrossword Clue
Late game show host TrebekCrossword Clue
Trebek of “Jeopardy!”Crossword Clue
Former "Jeopardy!" host TrebekCrossword Clue
Soccer star ___ MorganCrossword Clue
Game show icon TrebekCrossword Clue
Steve's female counterpart in MinecraftCrossword Clue
Lion in the "Madagascar" franchiseCrossword Clue

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ARSENE
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Literary sleuth ___ LupinCrossword Clue
Literary sleuth ___ LupinCrossword 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
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Vance of crime novelsCrossword Clue
Loving: PrefixCrossword Clue

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SAM
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
"1883" actor ElliottCrossword Clue
Singer SmithCrossword Clue
Heughan of "Outlander"Crossword Clue
“Stay With Me” singer SmithCrossword Clue
Frodo’s friendCrossword Clue
"Unholy" singer SmithCrossword Clue
___-I-AmCrossword Clue
Actor and playwright ShepardCrossword Clue
"Mr. Robot" creator EsmailCrossword Clue
Uncle on an iconic W.W. I posterCrossword Clue

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TRAVIS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Country music's TrittCrossword Clue

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TRENT
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Flower rook dropped into red wineCrossword Clue
River runs through marqueeCrossword Clue
English stream divided on Beckett ultimatelyCrossword Clue

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MORSE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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
Code with dots and dashesCrossword Clue
Code nameCrossword Clue
Code with dots and dashesCrossword Clue

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REBUS
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Picture puzzleCrossword Clue
Picture/word puzzleCrossword Clue
Puzzle for fictional detectiveCrossword Clue
Picture riddleCrossword Clue
"T___RN," for "No U-Turn," e.gCrossword Clue
Picture/word puzzleCrossword Clue
Picture puzzleCrossword Clue
Puzzle with symbolsCrossword Clue
In which pictures of a bill + gates = a noted business executiveCrossword Clue
Picture puzzleCrossword 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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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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MCGEE
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
“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
Bobby in a '70s chart-topperCrossword Clue

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MRS
3 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Dash of flavor?Crossword Clue
"___ Robinson" (Simon & Garfunkel hit)Crossword Clue
Sra., in EnglishCrossword Clue
___ Butterworth'sCrossword Clue
Title awarded after a match?Crossword Clue
___ Incredible aka ElastigirlCrossword Clue
___ Meyer's Clean Day (household brand)Crossword Clue
"___ Doubtfire"Crossword Clue
Simon & Garfunkel's "___ Robinson"Crossword Clue
Sra. counterpartCrossword Clue

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VISHOOTERS
10 Letters

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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
10 RELATED CLUES
Whodunit bylineCrossword Clue
Writer at the chess match?Crossword Clue
Pseudonym in detective fictionCrossword Clue
Detective with a mystery magazineCrossword Clue
Pseudonym in detective storiesCrossword Clue
Detective aided by his fatherCrossword Clue
Detective who wrote about himself?Crossword Clue
Card-playing detective?Crossword Clue
Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee, collectivelyCrossword Clue
Dannay-Lee sleuthCrossword Clue

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INSPECTORMORSE
14 Letters
2 RELATED CLUES
Fictional detective whose first name is EndeavourCrossword Clue
Colin Dexter's crossword-solving sleuthCrossword 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
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
Greek personification of darknessCrossword Clue
Volcano here, blowing the front off public vehicleCrossword 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
10 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
Inspector in 'The Pink Panther'Crossword Clue
Inspector played by Peter SellersCrossword Clue
Sellers roleCrossword Clue

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ACEVENTURA
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Detective in an aloha shirtCrossword Clue
Carreys detective happening to be in car (3,7)Crossword Clue
Pet detective of filmCrossword Clue
Jim Carrey title roleCrossword Clue
Jim Carrey title roleCrossword Clue
Seeker of a sacred bat named ShikakaCrossword Clue
1994 Jim Carrey roleCrossword Clue
Jim Carrey title characterCrossword Clue
Jim Carrey roleCrossword Clue
Film detectiveCrossword 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

10 RELATED CLUES

SAMSPADE

10 RELATED CLUES

DREW

10 RELATED CLUES

FATHERBROWN

9 RELATED CLUES

MARPLE

10 RELATED CLUES

NEROWOLFE

10 RELATED CLUES

NICKCARTER

7 RELATED CLUES

POIROT

9 RELATED CLUES

QUEEN

9 RELATED CLUES

SHAYNE

9 RELATED CLUES

SHERLOCK

9 RELATED CLUES

SPADE

6 RELATED CLUES

THESAINT

9 RELATED CLUES

VANCE

8 RELATED CLUES

EASY

10 RELATED CLUES

NERO

10 RELATED CLUES

ALEX

10 RELATED CLUES

ARSENE

10 RELATED CLUES

LEW

10 RELATED CLUES

PHILO

10 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

HAMMER

10 RELATED CLUES

SPENSER

10 RELATED CLUES

MCGEE

10 RELATED CLUES

MRS

10 RELATED CLUES

VISHOOTERS

LESTRADE

10 RELATED CLUES

ELLERYQUEEN

10 RELATED CLUES

INSPECTORMORSE

2 RELATED CLUES

MARLOWE

10 RELATED CLUES

EREBUS

10 RELATED CLUES

SPADES

10 RELATED CLUES

CLOUSEAU

10 RELATED CLUES

ACEVENTURA