The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CHAN which also is the latest solution we found used in King Syndicate in 2006.
Fictional sleuth crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CHAN | 39 % | 4 |
| MOTO | 36 % | 4 |
| NERO | 4 % | 4 |
| POIROT | 4 % | 6 |
| SPADE | 4 % | 5 |
| SAMSPADE | 4 % | 8 |
| SAINT | 4 % | 5 |
| SHAYNE | 4 % | 6 |
| MRMOTO | 4 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fictional sleuth
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chan
- nero
- shayne
- queen
- nancy
- wolfe
- bulldog
- drew
- spade
- adam
- holmes
- lupin
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 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 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 NERO
- Ancient fiddler
- Claudius I's adopted son
- Famous fiddler
- Fictional Wolfe
- Fiddling Roman tyrant
- Pianist Peter
- Rex's detective
- Roman fiddler
- "Quo Vadis?" emperor
- Caligula's nephew
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 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 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 SAINT
- "The ___ of Fort Washington" (1993 movie)
- LDS part
- Valentine, e.g.
- Paragon of virtue
- Drew Brees, e.g.
- Miracle worker?
- Hagiologist's subject
- Canonized person
- Peter, Paul or Mary
- Selfless person
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