The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MOTO , but the solution may also be CHAN which is one of the most recent solution (2009 in Newsday).
Fictional detective crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MOTO | 27 % | 4 |
| CHAN | 23 % | 4 |
| SAMSPADE | 8 % | 8 |
| VANCE | 8 % | 5 |
| THESAINT | 4 % | 8 |
| POIROT | 4 % | 6 |
| FATHERBROWN | 4 % | 11 |
| DREW | 4 % | 4 |
| QUEEN | 4 % | 5 |
| SPADE | 4 % | 5 |
| SHAYNE | 4 % | 6 |
| MARPLE | 4 % | 6 |
| NEROWOLFE | 4 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fictional detective
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- private investigator
- pi
- sleuth
- elbow
- eye
- dick
- pinkerton
- pink
- private detective
- private eye
- detective
- residency
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 MOTO
- Marquand's Mr.
- Mr. ___ of film
- John P. Marquand character
- Role for Lorre
- Cab driver?
- Con ___ (briskly, on scores)
- Lorre role
- Fictional sleuth Mr. ___
- Marquand sleuth
- Mr. ___ (Peter Lorre film sleuth)
More clues leading to the result CHAN
- Oland role
- Number One dad?
- Homily-spouting detective
- Aphoristic sleuth
- Movie detective
- Jackie of action flicks
- "Rush Hour" star
- Fictional detective Charlie
- Fictional sleuth Charlie
- Sleuth Charlie
More clues leading to the result SAMSPADE
- 1941 Humphrey Bogart role
- Falcon fetcher
- Character from "The Maltese Falcon"
- "The Maltese Falcon" sleuth
- Whom Dashiell Hammett compared to a "blond satan"
- "The Maltese Falcon" detective
- 1941 Bogart part
- Archer partner
- Memorable blond of pulp fiction
- Fictional falcon hunter
More clues leading to the result VANCE
- Frawley's TV wife
- Carter's first secretary of state
- Hugo winner Jack
- Fictional detective Philo ___
- Carter's Secretary of State
- She played the Ricardos' landlady
- S.S. Van Dine's gumshoe Philo
- Carter's Secretary of State Cyrus
- Vivian who played Ethel Mertz
- S.S. Van Dine sleuth Philo
More clues leading to the result THESAINT
- 1997 Val Kilmer movie
- Title role for Roger Moore and Val Kilmer
- Simon Templar, familiarly
- Leslie Charteris' hero.
- Fictional detective.
- Charteris hero
- 1960s Roger Moore TV series
- Val Kilmer film
- Inspector Teal's adversary
More clues leading to the result POIROT
- Christie sleuth
- A Christie sleuth
- Man of mystery
- "The Mysterious Affair at Styles" detective
- "Murder on the Orient Express" detective
- Agatha Christie detective
- Christie's Belgian detective
- Role played by both Ustinov and Finney
- "The ABC Murders" sleuth
- Fictional detective with a waxed mustache
More clues leading to the result FATHERBROWN
- G. K. Chesterton's sleuth
- G.K. Chesterton's intuitive priest
- Chesterton's unique detective.
- Chesterton creation
- Fictional detective
- Clever cleric
- G. K. Chesterton character
- G. K. Chesterton's clerical sleuth
- G.K. Chesterton detective
- "The Invisible Man" sleuth
More clues leading to the result DREW
- A Barrymore
- Comical Carey
- Sketched
- Prepared to shoot
- Flashlight-toting sleuth
- Literary detective Nancy
- Comic Carey
- Charles ___, inventor of the blood bank
- Picked from the stack of cards
- One of the Barrymores
More clues leading to the result QUEEN
- "Bohemian Rhapsody" group
- British head
- Dannay/Lee sleuth
- Freddie Mercury's band
- "Fat Bottomed Girls" band
- ... Smile
- Drag-ster?
- Anne or Mary
- Powerful piece
- Card
More clues leading to the result SPADE
- Garden tool
- Detective Sam
- Fictional detective Sam
- Digging tool
- A deck king
- Bogart role in The Maltese Falcon
- Hammett hero
- "They Can Only Hang You Once" sleuth
- Groundbreaker?
- Groundbreaking instrument
More clues leading to the result SHAYNE
- Brett Halliday detective Michael
- Fictional sleuth Mike
- Fictional sleuth Michael
- Bengals kicker Graham
- Brett Halliday sleuth Michael
- Popular detective created by Davis Dresser
- Fictional sleuth.
- Fictional detective.
- Private detective Mike of Brett Halliday novels
- Michael ___, Brett Halliday detective
More clues leading to the result MARPLE
- Christie sleuth
- See 84-Across
- Agatha's Miss Jane
- Christie's Miss Jane
- Christie crime solver
- Christie's spinster detective
- Christie detective
- Christie's Miss
- Christie spinster
- Christie heroine