| Police investigator (abbr.) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            14 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | The Motor City, on scoreboards | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Investigator, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lions or Tigers, in recaps | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Tigers, on sports tickers | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Title for Cagney or Lacey: abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Job for Peralta and Diaz, on Brooklyn Nine-Nine: abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PD investigator | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Abbr. before Columbo's name | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crime solver: Abbr. | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            30 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Abbreviation that removes -ective | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            21 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Private eye: abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | America's "Motor City" (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Investigating officer with a magnifying glass, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on scoreboards (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Lions, on a scoreboard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lead follower: Abbr. | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Tigers or Lions, on scoreboards | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Crime investigator (abbr) (3) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sherlock Holmes was one, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | N.Y.P.D. rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lions or Tigers, on a scoreboard | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Police dept. title | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            13 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sherlock Holmes was one, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gumshoe (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One with the force, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sleuth: Abbr | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            16 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | LAPD investigator | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | The Lions, on scoreboards | 
            New York Times | 
            28 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Police dept. title | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Sherlock Holmes' title, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD personnel, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Case follower, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Case solver like Holmes, for short (anagram of "ted") | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dick Tracy was one, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD sleuth | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pistons or Lions, on scoreboards | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | NYPD title | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | MLB's Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | MLB's Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            The Washington Post | 
            17 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Investigator, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' title: Abbr | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" title: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Red Wings, on scoreboards | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Red Wings, on scoreboards | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Evidence gatherer, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mystery title: Abbr | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Columbo, for one: Abbr | 
            The Washington Post | 
            07 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Columbo, for one: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | LAPD rank, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | City of Lions and Tigers: Abbr | 
            The Washington Post | 
            13 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | City of Lions and Tigers: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Nov 2019 | 
          
          
            | Case worker: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Case worker: Abbr | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | LAPD title | 
            Universal | 
            21 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Criminal case cracker, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Many a 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' character: Abbr | 
            The Washington Post | 
            20 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Many a "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | N.Y.P.D. investigator | 
            The New Yorker | 
            10 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Investigating officer, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police investigator, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lions or Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | One who is suspicious and looking for clues, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Many an NYPD worker | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Many a "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" character: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lions or Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PD investigator | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | The Lions or Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            New York Times | 
            02 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | The Pistons, on scoreboards | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Police rank: Abbr | 
            The Washington Post | 
            23 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Police rank: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Tigers' home: Abbr | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Tigers' home: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Investigator, for short: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | 'Blue Bloods' rank: Abbr | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | "Blue Bloods" rank: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator, for short | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mich. NBA team | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Mich. NBA team | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | LAPD rank | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | The Pistons, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Blue Bloods" rank: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Lions or Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tigers' home: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police rank: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mich. NBA team | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Abbr. for a police investigator | 
            Universal | 
            02 Jan 2017 | 
          
          
            | Abbr. for a police investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | ___ sgt | 
            Canadiana | 
            07 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Crime solver: Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Clue follower: Abbr | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            09 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | LAPD rank | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Rizzoli of "Rizzoli & Isles": Abbr | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on scoreboards | 
            Universal | 
            25 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clue follower: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "NYPD Blue" rank | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | P.I | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            02 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | 'The Shield' fig | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | LAPD title | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Pvt. investigator | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            29 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | S. Spade or M. Hammer | 
            Canadiana | 
            12 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | "The Shield" fig. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "NYPD Blue" rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Apt shortening for a city currently mired in bankruptcy | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD employee | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ sgt. (police rank) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Case worker: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | SFO opponent in the 2012 World Series | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order: SVU" rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cagney or Lacey: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.D. investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" title: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" title: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.D. rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | City of Lions and Tigers: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 35-Across, e.g.: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sleuth (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on a scoreboard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" fig. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cagney or Lacey: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 65-Across's title: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 35-Across, e.g.: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lt. Columbo, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Badge holder: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Case worker: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police dept. title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police dept. rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police investigator: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One taking the lead?: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police investigator: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | V.I. Warshawski, for one | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ford Field team, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clue seeker: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Crime solver: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | AL, NHL, or NBA team | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | SFPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" fig. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dick Tracy, for one: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police dept. rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" character, perhaps: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Cannon, e.g.: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | SFPD title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Baseball's Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lions, on a scoreboard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law and Order" role (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lions, on a scoreboard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Dick Tracy, for one: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police dept. title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | SFPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mich. city that's lost half its population in the past fifty years | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Private eye, e.g.: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | UAW H.Q. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | WNBA's Shock, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | UAW H.Q. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | WNBA's Shock, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Comerica Park team, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Pistons, on a scoreboard | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Robocop" setting: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gatherer of clues: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 'CSI' fig. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PI, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clue seeker: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator, briefly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Badge flasher: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clue seeker: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sleuth: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Red Wings, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.D. rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police rank: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A.L. Central scoreboard abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Investigator: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One with the force: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Lions, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PI, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lead seeker: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Like some houses: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.D. rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Comerica Park team, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sleuth (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Comerica Park team, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lead investigator?: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.D. member | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pistons, on the board | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" fig. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" role: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One working with a 23-Down: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police rank: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sgt. Friday, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | LAPD rank | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.D. member | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" role: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lennie Brisco of the NYPD, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Minor part of the whole:abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "NYPD Blue" role | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Person on the scene: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD figure | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police dept. employee | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Law & Order" type: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lt. Kojak underling | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clue gatherer: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Evidence gatherer: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "8 Mile" setting: abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lt. Kojak underling | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | L.A.P.D. investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD figure | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The Tigers, on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Investigator's title, perhaps: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PD abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | One looking for clues (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | N.Y.P.D. employee | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Person with a badge: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ sgt. (police rank) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mayor Dennis Archer's city: abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mil. task group | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.D. figure | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police dept. employee | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | N.Y.P.D. investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Investigator from the P.D. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Motown, Mich. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | PD investigator | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Member of a force: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "NYPD Blue" job | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mil. group on special duty | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD officer (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Title for Sipowicz or Sorenson: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Whodunit solver: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | P.I., e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Soldiers' grp. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | N.Y.P.D. title | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NYPD officer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Investigator: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "NYPD Blue role | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mich. city | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "N.Y.P.D. Blue" title: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Police department abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Body of tps. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | U.S. motor capital | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mil. unit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Member of the P.D. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Motor City (abbr.) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mil. body | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Army unit: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Army group: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Plainclothesman: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Body of troops: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | NFC North team | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Red Wings on scoreboards | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Item: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Small dick? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Small military unit: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mil. group | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Unit of troops: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Disengaged: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mil. unit. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Military unit: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Army division: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Troops picked for a mission: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "RoboCop" setting: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Detachment: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Clue collector: Abbr. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Group of soldiers: Abbr. | 
             | 
             |