Word "SLEUTH" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
watch, observe, or inquire secretly
Synonyms:
snoop, spy, stag

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a detective who follows a trail
Synonyms:
sleuthhound

Crossword Clues for SLEUTH

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Detective, informally (6)
Detective(6)
Hustle harassed detective The Times Quick Cryptic 18 Apr 2024
Nancy Drew or Harriet the Spy USA Today 10 Apr 2024
Detective mixing up us with the student found inside (6)
Les is in the hut looking for clues
An investigator or private detective (6)
Private investigator lashed out, strangely without any ado (6)
The French get shut out when he's looking for clues (6)
The French come in to shut out detective (6)
Investigator like Sherlock (6)
E.g. Sherlock Holmes (6)
Shut out, the French call in a detective
Shut it for the French detective (6)
Detective The Telegraph Quick 05 Jul 2023
One who follows a trail? The Guardian Quick 30 Jun 2023
Detective let us out in front of hotel The Telegraph Cryptic 22 May 2023
Gumshoe Thomas Joseph 21 Apr 2023
Search around for clues USA Today 30 Dec 2022
Hustle confused seeker of purloined letter, for example
Hustle (anag) The Guardian Quick 26 Nov 2022
Detective The Times Concise 26 Oct 2022
Nancy Drew, e.g LA Times Daily 07 Sep 2022
Detective The Times Concise 20 Aug 2022
Detective The Times Concise 09 Jul 2022
Detective (informal) The Guardian Quick 17 Jun 2022
Gumshoe Eugene Sheffer 23 Apr 2022
Detective quiet about the French unit losing heart The Times Cryptic 22 Feb 2022
Hammer or Spade Premier Sunday 12 Dec 2021
Detective The Times Concise 23 Nov 2021
Mystery figure The Washington Post Sunday 17 Oct 2021
Detective The Telegraph Quick 25 Jul 2021
He investigates lush type, heartless criminal
Floozie hot about introduction to Endeavour Morse, perhaps
Detective The Sun Two Speed 24 May 2021
Investigator the French thus thrashed outside The Sun Two Speed 24 May 2021
Detective Universal 28 Apr 2021
Case worker Wall Street Journal 27 Mar 2021
Investigator ruined in hustle The Sun Two Speed 05 Mar 2021
Detective Thomas Joseph 22 Feb 2021
Detective The Times Concise 20 Feb 2021
Poirot or Holmes Wall Street Journal 09 Dec 2020
Awkwardly hustle Holmes for one
Clue follower The Washington Post 01 Nov 2020
Clue follower LA Times Daily 01 Nov 2020
Sherlock say battered in hustle The Sun Two Speed 18 Oct 2020
Detective Irish Times Simplex 15 Jul 2020
Pro on a case Newsday 15 May 2020
Investigator whacked in hustle The Sun Two Speed 09 Oct 2019
Detective (informal) The Sun Two Speed 09 Oct 2019
The last thing from Nevil Shute: novel made into film The Telegraph Toughie 03 Oct 2019
Detective left in the US in exchange
One examining clues The Washington Post Sunday 19 May 2019
Private eye Newsday 14 Jan 2019
Person working on a case-by-case basis Wall Street Journal 19 Dec 2018
Detective The Telegraph Quick 02 Nov 2018
Direction: the French must replace old Maigret?
Gumshoe Eugene Sheffer 21 Jul 2018
Nancy Drew, for one New York Times 10 Jul 2018
Hustle danced in Marple, maybe
He investigates strange cases of underage sexual harassment
Person working on a case-by-case basis
Detective
Nancy Drew, for one
Hustle upset detective The Sun Two Speed 16 Dec 2017
Holmes or Colombo, e.g Universal 23 Nov 2017
Clue chaser Universal 21 Nov 2017
Detective's dodgy 8
Detective The Guardian Quick 21 Apr 2017
Detective in criminal hustle The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Apr 2017
Produced Hustle and Sherlock Holmes, for example Irish Times Crosaire 10 Feb 2017
Sherlock‘s lute playing breaks silence
Holmes or Colombo, e.g.
Clue chaser
Solver taking nothing from point about foreign article
One investigates broken lute in case of Sherlock Holmes initially The Times Cryptic 23 Aug 2016
One investigates broken lute in case of Sherlock Holmes initially
Detective thus cracked cases, extremely lame
Private eye Canadiana 08 Feb 2016
Nancy Drew, for one The Washington Post 03 Feb 2016
Gumshoe Thomas Joseph 19 Dec 2015
Tony-winning play set at Andrew Wyke's country home Wall Street Journal 24 Sep 2015
Detective Eugene Sheffer 15 Aug 2015
Pro tracker Jonesin 30 Jul 2015
Clue seeker LA Times Daily 28 Jun 2015
Tec USA Today 29 May 2015
Begins speaking, letting everyone understand the house detective
Whodunit hero Newsday 24 May 2015
Detective
Tec
Clue seeker
Whodunit hero
Tony-winning play set at Andrew Wyke's country home
Bloodhound in film
Follow ‘easy' woman to hotel (taking tablet)
Holmes or Poirot
Nancy Drew, e.g.
Clue follower
Bloodhound in Olivier/Caine film
Miss Marple, e.g.
16 inclined to hustle
Our compiler-cum-detective
Miss Marple, e.g.
Mystery man?
Lead follower
TV's Mannix or Monk, e.g.
Detective
Holmes or Poirot
Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
Movie with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier
Detective
Detective
Gumshoe
48-Across, for one
Magnifying glass carrier
Hammer or Spade
One may follow a lead
Wimsey, for one
Sherlock Holmes, notably
Tec
Drew in books, e.g.?
Case cracker
Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
Holmes or Poirot
Lead follower
Tec
Dick
Lead follower
Olivier-Caine film classic
Drew in books?
Olivier/Caine mystery of 1972
Clue collector
Clue collector
One on a trail, perhaps
Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
Nero Wolfe, e.g.
Crime investigator
One may follow a lead
Wolfe, for one
Detective quiet about the French unit losing heart
Detective's dodgy hustle
Magnifying glass carrier, stereotypically
Hammer or Spade
Mr. Moto, e.g.
Detective
Olivier/Caine mystery of '73
Magnifying glass carrier, maybe
Magnum or Spade
'72 Laurence Olivier mystery
Olivier-Caine movie: 1972
Caine-Olivier film
Olivier-Caine thriller
Nero or Ellery
Olivier-Caine film
Sam Spade or Philo Vance
Clue man.
Private eye.
Hawkshaw.
Whodunit character.
Sherlock.
Gumshoe.
Detective.
Hercule Poirot, for example.
Nero or Hercule.
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