The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word TEC which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Gumshoe crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| TEC | 87 % | 3 |
| SHAMUS | 6 % | 6 |
| DICK | 4 % | 4 |
| SLEUTH | 2 % | 6 |
| SNOOPER | 1 % | 7 |
| SNOOP | 1 % | 5 |
Why may TEC be the right solution?
"TEC" is a slang term for a detective, which is another word for a gumshoe.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gumshoe
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- galosh
- dick
- hawkshaw
- golosh
- arctic
- rubber
- tec
- detective
- bootee
- undershoe
- overshoe
- shoecover
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 SHAMUS
- Gumshoe
- Detective
- Private eye
- Dick
- Detective, in slang
- Private detective
- Private detective: Slang.
- "Private eye.”
- Private eye.
- Detective: Slang.
More clues leading to the result DICK
- Clark or Tracy
- Author Philip K.
- Tracy
- Either portrayer of TV's Darrin Stevens
- Vonnegut's "Deadeye ___"
- 1999 movie about Nixon
- Actor Powell
- Button on skates
- Gumshoe
- Sleuth, slangily
More clues leading to the result SLEUTH
- Hammer or Spade
- Wimsey, for one
- Gumshoe
- Oliver-Caine film
- Detective
- '72 Laurence Olivier mystery
- Olivier/Caine mystery of '73
- Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
- Olivier/Caine mystery of 1972
- Movie with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier
More clues leading to the result SNOOPER
- Unduly curious one
- Eavesdropper
- Nosy Parker
- Sleuth
- Nosy sort
- Gumshoe
- One who may bug you
- Nosy person.
- Paul Pry.
- Cousin of an eavesdropper.