The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word MISTERCHAN , but the solution may also be DASHIELLHAMMETT which is one of the most recent solution (1994 in New York Times).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| MISTERCHAN | 33 % | 10 |
| DASHIELLHAMMETT | 33 % | 15 |
| ERLE | 33 % | 4 |
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
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