Word "TEC" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a police officer who investigates crimes
Synonyms:
detective, investigator, police detective

Crossword Clues for TEC

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Clue Source Date
Gumshoe The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 Jun 2025
Eye feature of climate change
Detective, in slang The Telegraph Mini 27 May 2025
Sleuth, in old slang Premier Sunday 25 May 2025
Private eye, in old crime novels New York Times 15 Apr 2025
Gumshoe The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 20 Mar 2025
Private eye LA Times Daily 02 Mar 2025
Sleuth Eugene Sheffer 24 Feb 2025
Slangy sleuth Premier Sunday 19 Jan 2025
Private eye Newsday 01 Jan 2025
Gumshoe New York Times 26 Dec 2024
Gumshoe, in hard-boiled fiction Wall Street Journal 21 Dec 2024
Detective The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 21 Nov 2024
Columbo or Magnum, e.g. The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 18 Nov 2024
Investigator, in old slang
Short for detective
Detective (abbr.) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 24 Sep 2024
Sleuth, in old slang Wall Street Journal 17 Aug 2024
Private eye, in old slang
Gumshoe The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 26 Jun 2024
Investigator The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 23 Jun 2024
Who'll do for criminal etc?
Private eye, in old slang New York Times 22 May 2024
Many a noir hero LA Times Daily 12 May 2024
Investigator (inf) (3)
Sleuth, for short Commuter 25 Mar 2024
Gumshoe or investigator
Sleuth, in slang Premier Sunday 17 Mar 2024
Investigator, in short (3)
Not the complete sleuth (3)
Private eye (inf) (3)
Not the complete CID man (3)
PI, for short
Detective, briefly
Caper film narrator, often Newsday 09 Dec 2023
Hercule Poirot, e.g., for short New York Times 06 Dec 2023
Sleuth, in old slang Premier Sunday 22 Oct 2023
Gumshoe Thomas Joseph 09 Oct 2023
Investigator, informally Wall Street Journal 15 Jul 2023
Gumshoe LA Times Daily 06 Jul 2023
Noir sleuth LA Times Daily 25 Mar 2023
Sleuth Eugene Sheffer 30 Dec 2022
Private eye LA Times Daily 23 Oct 2022
Film noir investigator Newsday 14 Aug 2022
Gumshoe Wall Street Journal 26 Jul 2022
Sleuth, slangily Premier Sunday 10 Jul 2022
Gumshoe or PI Family Time 12 Jun 2022
Many a noir hero LA Times Daily 30 Dec 2021
Slangy sleuth Premier Sunday 05 Dec 2021
Gumshoe New York Times 20 Nov 2021
Gumshoe Wall Street Journal 07 Sep 2021
Private eye, quaintly New York Times 09 Aug 2021
Private eye, in old lingo New York Times 03 Aug 2021
Gumshoe Thomas Joseph 19 Jul 2021
Shamus LA Times Daily 30 May 2021
Sleuth, in old slang Premier Sunday 30 May 2021
Shamus The Washington Post 30 May 2021
Gumshoe Wall Street Journal 06 May 2021
Sleuth, slangily
Noir sleuth LA Times Daily 29 Aug 2020
Noir sleuth The Washington Post 29 Aug 2020
Gumshoe The Washington Post 26 Jul 2020
Gumshoe LA Times Daily 26 Jul 2020
Shamus New York Times 06 Jun 2020
Gumshoe Family Time 01 Jun 2020
Sleuth, slangily Premier Sunday 08 Dec 2019
TV's Jim Rockford, for one LA Times Daily 24 Nov 2019
TV's Jim Rockford, for one The Washington Post 24 Nov 2019
Investigator, informally Jonesin 22 Oct 2019
P.I., in old slang The New Yorker 29 Jul 2019
Sam Spade, e.g., informally New York Times 24 May 2019
Sleuth, in slang New York Times 20 May 2019
Gumshoe Newsday 07 Apr 2019
Noir investigator, slangily Jonesin 02 Apr 2019
Noir hero The Washington Post 21 Feb 2019
Noir hero LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2019
Sleuth Eugene Sheffer 04 Feb 2019
Gumshoe
Sam Spade, e.g., informally
Sleuth, in slang
Gumshoe
Noir hero
PI kin Universal 15 Dec 2018
Sleuth Universal 05 Dec 2018
Private eye, etc Universal 28 Nov 2018
Solver with a set of clues, for short New York Times 16 Nov 2018
PI or sleuth Universal 01 Oct 2018
P.I. kin Universal 21 Sep 2018
Sleuth, for short Newsday 02 Sep 2018
Chandler/Hammett hero Newsday 25 Aug 2018
Private eye, informally Jonesin 14 Aug 2018
Film noir stock character Newsday 10 Aug 2018
Private investigator, informally
Old-time investigator Newsday 29 Jun 2018
Clue seeker, briefly Universal 18 Jun 2018
P.I Family Time 03 Jun 2018
Shamus Universal 25 Apr 2018
Sleuth kin Universal 23 Apr 2018
Private eye LA Times Daily 15 Apr 2018
Private eye New York Times 15 Apr 2018
Private eye, slangily Universal 08 Apr 2018
Hero of hard-boiled fiction Newsday 01 Apr 2018
Private eye Universal 27 Mar 2018
Investigator, in old film noir New York Times 26 Mar 2018
Sam Spade type LA Times Daily 28 Jan 2018
Sam Spade type The Washington Post 28 Jan 2018
P.I New York Times 25 Jan 2018
Sam Spade type
Private eye, etc.
Clue seeker, briefly
Shamus
PI kin
P.I. kin
Private eye
Investigator, in old film noir
PI or sleuth
Shamus
Sleuth
Sleuth kin
One who might document assignations, informally
Private eye, slangily
Solver with a set of clues, for short
P.I., slangily Jonesin 14 Nov 2017
Private eye The Washington Post 05 Nov 2017
Private eye, in old slang New York Times 18 Oct 2017
Snooping pro Newsday 16 Sep 2017
Sleuth's cohort Universal 08 Sep 2017
A sleuth or private eye, for short
Adulterer follower, in slang The Washington Post 27 May 2017
Adulterer follower, in slang LA Times Daily 27 May 2017
Frequent film noir protagonist Newsday 03 Mar 2017
Adulterer follower, in slang
Private eye, in old slang
Sleuth's cohort
Clue hunter, informally Jonesin 20 Dec 2016
Investigator's hours out of college The Times Cryptic 21 Nov 2016
Sleuth, in potboilers Universal 10 Aug 2016
PI Universal 07 Jul 2016
Lt. Columbo, e.g Universal 09 Mar 2016
D.Tracy, for one Canadiana 04 Jan 2016
PI
Sleuth, in potboilers
Sleuth, slangily LA Times Daily 27 Dec 2015
Sleuth, for short Eugene Sheffer 26 Dec 2015
Sam Spade, e.g LA Times Daily 05 Dec 2015
P.I Universal 12 Nov 2015
Sleuth in pulp fiction USA Today 07 Oct 2015
M.Hammer or S.Holmes Canadiana 28 Sep 2015
Columbo, for one Universal 22 Aug 2015
P.I., e.g USA Today 18 Aug 2015
P.I., e.g Universal 29 Jun 2015
Gumshoe USA Today 24 Jun 2015
Detective, slangily Canadiana 22 Jun 2015
Sleuth (Sl.) Eugene Sheffer 12 Jun 2015
Private Eye shortly gets half of 27 down Irish Times Crosaire 09 May 2015
Busy, maybe going into rising inheritance tax.
Investigator doesn't finish college The Telegraph Toughie 17 Feb 2015
Sleuth, in slang USA Today 13 Feb 2015
Columbo, famously (Abbr.) USA Today 05 Feb 2015
Investigator regularly observed in the act The Telegraph Toughie 29 Jan 2015
P.I.
Whodunit solver, briefly
Columbo, famously (Abbr.)
Sam Spade, e.g.
Gumshoe
P.I., e.g.
Sleuth, slangily
Sleuth, in slang
Sleuth in pulp fiction
P.I., e.g.
Columbo, for one
Private eye
Old-time gumshoe
Sleuth, in old crime fiction
Clue analyzer, in slang
Sleuth
Philip Marlowe type, informally
Private eye, slangily
Gumshoe
Private eye
Investigator, informally
PI
Classic Bogart role, in slang
20-Across, e.g., informally
Private eye, slangily
Private investigator, in old slang
Sam Spade, e.g., for short
Clue collector, slangily
G-man
Gumshoe, briefly
Pulp fiction gumshoe
Sleuth, slangily
Criminal investigator, for short
Investigator, slangily
Private eye, for short
Investigator, slangily
Pulp fiction gumshoe
Sleuth, to Sayers
Noir protagonist
P.I.
Investigator, slangily
Caper film narrator, often
Gumshoe, for short
Caper investigator
Investigator, briefly
Shamus
Private eye, informally
Private investigator, in slang
Dick
Gumshoe
Gumshoe, briefly
Gumshoe or shamus
P.I.
Gumshoe
Noir hero
Dick
Sleuth, in slang
Gumshoe
Slangy sleuth
He works on a case-by-case basis
Shamus
Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone, e.g.
He works on a case-by-case basis
Gumshoe
Common pulp protagonist
Sleuth, in slang
Gumshoe, briefly
Sleuth, briefly
Hammett's Spade, e.g.
Sleuth, slangily
Clue analyzer, in slang
Shamus
P.I.
Gumshoe
Hammett's Spade, e.g.
Private eye
Private eye, briefly
Short investigator?
Sleuth, informally
Sherlock
Spade, e.g., for short
Dick Tracy, e.g.
Sam Spade type
Sleuth, slangily
Hawkshaw
Private eye, briefly
Private eye
Private eye, briefly
Dick
Investigator, slangily
Slangy sleuth
Private dick
Private eye
V.I. Warshawski, e.g.
Dick Tracy is one, briefly
Dick Tracy is one, briefly
V.I. Warshawski, e.g.
Pulp protagonist, perhaps
Gumshoe, slangily
Sleuth, in slang
Magnum, e.g., briefly
Spade, e.g., slangily
Gumshoe, for short
Shamus
Magnum, e.g., briefly
Spade, e.g., briefly
Spade, e.g., slangily
Private eye, slangily
Spade, e.g., briefly
Shamus
Private eye, slangily
P.I.
P.I.
P.I.
Hammer or Spade, e.g.
Gumshoe
Person with a magnifying glass, for short?
Hammer or Spade
Gumshoe
Short investigator
Sleuth, slangily
Sam Spade, for one
Either half of 42 Across
Clue hunter, informally
Hammer, e.g., briefly
Private dick
Hammer, e.g., briefly
Dick Tracy, e.g.
Gumshoe
Gumshoe, for short
Spade or Hammer
Hi-__: shoe brand
Hi-__: shoe brand
Investigator, briefly
Pulp fiction gumshoe
Dick
Sleuth
Investigator, slangily
Shamus
Clue hunter, informally
Case studier, slangily
Investigator, briefly
Gumshoe
PI
Clue collector, slangily
Old-time gumshoe
Sleuth, in potboilers
Pulp fiction sleuth
P.I.
Sleuth, for short
Gumshoe, for short
Magnum, for one
Magnum, for one
Sleuth, for short
Private eye
P.I., e.g.
Dick
Pinkerton, e.g.
Eye
Columbo, for one
Sleuth in pulp fiction
Sherlock
Sleuth, informally
Dick
P.I.^TE
PI
PI
P.I.
Sleuth, informally
Private eye, for short
Short investigator
Sleuth
Shamus
Private eye
Private eye
Shamus
Operator: Abbr.
Investigator for short
Mike Hammer, for one
Hawkshaw
Soho sleuth
Lt. Columbo, e.g.
Old-time gumshoe
Sam Spade, e.g.
Spade or Hammer
Gumshoe
Shamus
Sleuth
L.A.P.D. member
See 50 Down
Hawkshaw
Operative, for short
Flatfoot's relative
Plainclothesman, for short
Soho sleuth
Dick.
Shamus
Private eye.
Gumshoe.
Sleuth.
Clue man.
Plain-clothes man: Slang.
Gumshoe, for short.
Sleuth: Sl.
___-9 (semi-automatic weapon)
Case guy
Case guy, for short
He works on a case by case basis
He's a dick
Queen, e.g., for short
Sleuth: Slang.
Army subrating: Abbr.
Dick
Thief's enemy: Colloq.
Hawkshaw.
Operative: Slang.
Sleuth, for short.
Detective: Slang.
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