| #2 in literary character portrayals |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2025 |
| Fictional character whose archenemy is spelled out by the last letters of this puzzle's archvillains |
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| Larry ___, 1978-1983 WBC Heavyweight champion (6) |
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| Watson's friend |
Thomas Joseph |
04 Jul 2025 |
| Detective who never says, "Elementary, my dear Watson" in any Arthur Conan Doyle stories |
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| Baker Street sleuth |
Eugene Sheffer |
04 Jun 2025 |
| Detective, Sherlock ... |
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| Sherlock ___, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective who is never seen without his signature deerstalker hat |
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| Detective returns to familiar territory in hearing (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Apr 2025 |
| Hoodlum regularly lost East Side's premier detective |
The Times Cryptic |
14 Apr 2025 |
| Dwellings providing refuge for large bloodhound (6) |
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| Detective taking leave going around Middle East (6) |
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| Literary detective Sherlock |
Universal |
19 Feb 2025 |
| Detective Bjorn interrupts brief vacation |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Former wife of Tom Cruise, Katie _ (6) |
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| The Giver actress Katie |
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| Arthur Conan Doyle's detective |
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| Fictional detective left in houses |
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| Rupert ******, singer-songwriter born Dave Goldstein in 1947 (6) |
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| 1980s world heavyweight boxing champion, Larry ... (6) |
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| Person who investigated difficult situations involving money |
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| Sherlock ____, a 9 Across creation |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Conan Doyle's detective |
The Times Concise |
22 Oct 2024 |
| Oliver ...... , Leigh Leopards, 2010-21 Castleford Tigers and 2022 Warrington Wolves second-rower (6) |
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| Famous detective finding maiden in difficulties (6) |
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| Fictional detective Sherlock |
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| Pads protecting large detective (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
14 Sep 2024 |
| Pads protecting large detective (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
13 Sep 2024 |
| Kelly ...... , 2004 Olympic 800m and 1500m gold medallist (6) |
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| Larry, boxer who became WBC heavyweight champion in June 1978 (6) |
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| Detective's addresses in the auditorium (6) |
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| Moriarty's foe |
Wall Street Journal |
05 Aug 2024 |
| Eamonn _, a former presenter of This Morning (6) |
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| Surname of the detective who made his debut in A Study in Scarlet, 1887 (6) |
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| Watson's partner (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Fictional sleuth on Baker Street |
New York Times |
13 May 2024 |
| Baker Street detective |
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| "A Study in Scarlet" detective |
New York Times |
05 Mar 2024 |
| See 12 |
The Guardian Weekend |
13 Jan 2024 |
| Noted fictional detective |
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| Surname of Eamonn host of It' s Not Me, It' s You (6) |
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| Kelly ---, athlete |
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| Watson helps him |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Solver filling spaces with misspellings, originally |
The Telegraph Toughie |
04 Oct 2022 |
| Pads, we're told, for noted detective |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Sep 2022 |
| Baker Street sleuth |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Mary J. ___, 19th century American author known for "Tempest and Sunshine, Or, Life in Kentucky" |
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| Sherlock ___, detective whose story was first published in print in "A Study in Scarlet" on 1st December 1887 |
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| "Sherlock ___," 2009 period drama starring Robert Downey Jr. for which he won the Golden Globe Award |
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| He often left mysterious events solved for starters |
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| Baker Street's best detective |
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| Watson's colleague |
The Washington Post Sunday |
27 Dec 2020 |
| Brittany Ashton ___, actress who played the character of Darla in the 1994 movie "The Little Rascals" |
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| Say pads for detective |
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| "Elementary, my dear Watson" speaker of film |
Universal |
22 Jul 2019 |
| "A Study in Scarlet" detective |
LA Times Daily |
03 Feb 2019 |
| 'A Study in Scarlet' detective |
The Washington Post |
03 Feb 2019 |
| Baker Street sleuth |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Feb 2019 |
| "A Study in Scarlet" detective |
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| "Elementary, my dear Watson" speaker of film |
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| Detective, 50, breaking into houses |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
31 Mar 2018 |
| Foremost among minds that cracks cases? |
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| Conan Doyle's detective |
Irish Times Simplex |
24 Oct 2017 |
| Solver needing minutes to fill in gaps |
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| Solver needing minutes to fill in gaps |
The Times Cryptic |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Detective left to probe dwelling-places |
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| Classic literary detective |
Universal |
16 Oct 2016 |
| Left in accommodation, a doctor recorded his cases |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
25 Sep 2016 |
| Elementary fellow? |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2015 |
| Moriarty adversary |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2015 |
| Detective is first person seen during vacation |
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| Medium in difficulty? Initially simple for solver |
The Times Cryptic |
12 Mar 2015 |
| Watson's associate |
LA Times Daily |
09 Mar 2015 |
| Moriarty adversary |
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| Watson's associate |
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| Elementary fellow? |
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| Baker Street sleuth |
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| Baker Street sleuth |
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| Doyle's detective |
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| "Game of Shadows" sleuth |
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| Conan Doyle's detective |
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| Watson's partner |
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| "The Speckled Band" sleuth |
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| "The Five Orange Pips" sleuth |
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| "A Study in Scarlet" hero |
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| Watson's partner |
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| To whom Mortimer declares "They were the footprints of a gigantic hound!" |
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| Surname appearing on Suri Cruise's birth certificate |
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| Fictional mastermind |
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| "The Speckled Band" sleuth |
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| Famous deerstalker wearer |
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| Conan Doyle's detective |
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| Conan Doyle's detective |
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| TomKat member |
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| Doyle's sleuth |
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| See 43-Across |
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| See 43-Across |
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| Baker Street sleuth |
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| Rathbone role |
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| Noted resident of Baker Street |
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| Justice appointed by Teddy |
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| Justice appointed by Teddy |
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| "A Study in Scarlet" character |
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| Mystery man |
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| Watson's crime-solving partner |
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| Conan Doyle creation |
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| Baker Street resident |
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| A Study in Scarlet sleuth |
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| Rathbone role |
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| Moriarty's match |
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| Fictional mastermind |
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| Watson's companion |
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| Doyle's sleuth |
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| Doyle hero |
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| Doyle's hawkshaw |
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| One-hoss shay's creator |
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| Detective of fiction |
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| See 20 Across |
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| Baker Street resident |
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| "Yankee From Olympus." |
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| Supreme Court justice, 1902–32. |
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| "Yankee from Olympus." |
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| Man from Baker Street. |
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| "11. Every year for Halloween I go as ___ (except for the one year I went as Senator Lieberman)" |
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| Baker Street man. |
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| Mrs. Hudson's boarder. |
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| Moriarty's nemesis. |
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