Gumshoe, in hard-boiled fiction Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% TEC Gumshoe, in hard-boiled fiction (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 21, 2024
6% NOIR Hard-boiled genre (4) USA Today Aug 10, 2025
6% MOTO Fictional gumshoe (4)
5% CHARACTERS People in fiction (10) Commuter Oct 27, 2025
5% SAM Fictional fireman (3) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Oct 24, 2025
5% NOVEL Work of fiction (5) Thomas Joseph Oct 21, 2025
5% POT A watched one never boils (3) Universal Oct 15, 2025
5% HUMBUG Boiled peppermint sweet (6) (6) Mirror Classic Oct 12, 2025
5% LEMONDROP Boiled sweet (5,4) (9) Mirror Classic Oct 8, 2025
5% SHELLINGOUT Paying for boiled eggs? (8,3) (11) Mirror Cryptic Oct 6, 2025

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