Fictional detective whose first appearance came in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 (8,6) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHERLOCKHOLMES Fictional detective whose first appearance came in A Study in Scarlet in 1887 (8,6) (14)
6% NERO Wolfe of detective fiction (4) LA Times Daily Sep 1, 2025
6% WON Came in first, say (3)
6% MARSH Ngaio ___, writer of detective fiction (5) (5) Puzzler Aug 1, 2025
6% DEBUT First appearance (5) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Jul 21, 2025
6% SHERLOCK ___ Holmes, the fictional private detective (8)
6% RED Scarlet (3) Eugene Sheffer Jul 3, 2025
6% HOLMES "A Study in Scarlet" detective (6) New York Times Mar 5, 2024
5% SEEMED Came across as (6) Universal Sep 4, 2025
5% MET Came together (3) LA Times Daily Sep 2, 2025
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