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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PIS Detectives, for short (3) New York Times Mar 30, 2025
95% TEC Detective, in short (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 16, 2025
78% CSIS Forensic detectives, for short (4) LA Times Daily Sep 9, 2021
48% TELEGENIC Detective describes short story one finds appealing on the box (9)
39% COLUMBO Peter Falk's crumpled detective has short column on Luke Duke's cousin (7) (7)
10% ACID Sharp ace detectives (4) The Telegraph Cryptic Jan 28, 2026
10% SMELL Sense that detects scents (5) Newsday Jan 27, 2026
10% DENNIXTER Writer of The Singing Detective * (9) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jan 20, 2026
10% LEAD Clue for a detective (4) Wall Street Journal Jan 17, 2026
10% JODIE Foster of "True Detective" (5) Universal Jan 14, 2026

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