Dodgy detective excelled over good person Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Dodgy detective excelled over good person last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. We have found 40 possible answers for this clue in our database. Among them, one solution stands out with a 98% match which has a length of 9 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DISHONEST.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DISHONEST Dodgy detective excelled over good person (9) The Telegraph Cryptic Mar 6, 2020
3% SUPERB Excellent (6) The Telegraph Quick Oct 6, 2025
3% SUPER Excellent (5) The Telegraph Mini Oct 1, 2025
3% MERIT Excellence (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 6, 2025
3% SPIV Dodgy dealer bowling top people over (4) The Times Cryptic Sep 1, 2025
3% IFFY Dodgy (4) The Telegraph Quick Aug 6, 2025
3% MENSCH Good person (6) New York Times Jul 13, 2025
2% NOTBAD Fair description of a good person (3,3) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Oct 2, 2025
2% ALIBI Detective story? (5) LA Times Daily Oct 1, 2025
2% STAB Impale good person, a bishop (4) (4) The Sun Two Speed Sep 30, 2025

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