The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TEC , but the solution may also be SHAMUS which is one of the most recent solution (1968 in New York Times).
Detective: Slang crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEC | 33 % | 3 |
| GUMSHOE | 33 % | 7 |
| SHAMUS | 17 % | 6 |
| DICK | 17 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Detective: Slang
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- dick
- shamus
- gumshoe
- bogey
- cop
- peeper
- tec
- nick
- ace
- brown
- case
- eye
Crossword Answer definitions
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result TEC
- P.I.
- Dick
- Gumshoe
- Case guy
- Case guy, for short
- He works on a case by case basis
- He's a dick
- Queen, e.g., for short
- Shamus
- ___-9 (semi-automatic weapon)
More clues leading to the result GUMSHOE
- Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction
- Sleuth, informally
- Mike Hammer, for example, in slang
- Follower of a cold case, perhaps
- Dick
- Sam Spade, e.g., slangily
- Private eye
- Detective
- Case worker?
- Detective: Slang.
More clues leading to the result SHAMUS
- Gumshoe
- Detective
- Private eye
- Dick
- Detective, in slang
- Private detective
- Private detective: Slang.
- "Private eye.”
- Private eye.
- Detective: Slang.