The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SLEUTHS , but the solution may also be PRIVATEEYES which is one of the most recent solution (2021 in New York Times).
Detectives crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SLEUTHS | 54 % | 7 |
| TRACERS | 15 % | 7 |
| HAWKSHAWS | 8 % | 9 |
| SLEUTH2OUNDS | 8 % | 12 |
| PRIVATEEYES | 8 % | 11 |
| SPOTTERS | 8 % | 8 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Detectives
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- investigator
- tec
- police detective
- constables
- cops
- elli
- examiners
- gendarmes
- informants
- informers
- inspection
- inspector
Crossword Answer definitions
SLEUTHS noun- A detective.
- A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
- An animal’s trail or track.
- To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
- Slowness; laziness, sloth.
- A collective term for a group of bears.
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 SLEUTHS
- Mystery crackers
- Mystery men?
- Clue interpreters
- Investigators
- Detectives
- Moto and Chan
- Spade and Hammer
- Holmes and Poirot
- Magnum et al.
- Gumshoes
More clues leading to the result TRACERS
- Locators
- Kinds of ammo that leave a trail in the air
- Lost persons seekers
- Slugs that leave trails
- Shipping inquiries
- Bullets with luminous trails
- Radioisotopes used in medicine
- Some bullets
- Keen & Co., e.g.
- Lost-parcel inquiries
More clues leading to the result HAWKSHAWS
More clues leading to the result SLEUTH2OUNDS
More clues leading to the result PRIVATEEYES
- Detectives for hire
- Whodunit heroes.
- Tails, of a sort
- Detectives
- 1981 Hall & Oates song with the lyric "They're watching you"