The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 15 letter word DASHIELLHAMMETT which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1994.
Name in detective fiction crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | 33 % | 15 |
| ERLE | 33 % | 4 |
| MISTERCHAN | 33 % | 10 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Name in detective fiction
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- chan
- nero
- marlowe
- poe
- chandler
- sayers
- hammett
- philip marlowe
- holmes
- dashiell hammett
- dorothy l. sayers
- dorothy leigh sayers
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 DASHIELLHAMMETT
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- Author who created Sam Spade
- Sam Spade's creator
- The Charles' creator
- Creator of "The Thin Man."
- "Big Knockover" author
- The Thin Man's creator
- Name in detective fiction
More clues leading to the result ERLE
- Agatha's contemporary
- Author Gardner
- Della's creator
- First name in mysteries
- First name in mystery writing
- Middle name of a detective novelist
- Mrs. Gardner's boy?
- Perry's creator
- Perry's penner
- A. A. Fair's given name