Literary detective in "A Study in Scarlet" Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue Literary detective in "A Study in Scarlet" . 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 14 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is SHERLOCKHOLMES.

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Crossword Answer For Literary detective in "A Study in Scarlet":

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHERLOCKHOLMES Literary detective in "A Study in Scarlet" (14)
7% HOLMES "A Study in Scarlet" detective (6) New York Times Mar 5, 2024
6% REDDEN Grow scarlet (6) Puzzler Backwords Aug 27, 2025
6% REDS Scarlet and maroon (4) Universal Aug 21, 2025
6% RED Scarlet (3) Eugene Sheffer Jul 3, 2025
5% READERSDIGESTION Literary takeaway? (16) LA Times Daily Sep 14, 2025
5% SHORTSTORY Literary form (10) The Times Concise Sep 13, 2025
5% CASEFILES Detective's records (9) USA Today Sep 12, 2025
5% OCEANOLOGY Deep study (10) New York Times Sep 12, 2025
5% EDDAS Icelandic literary works (5) Wall Street Journal Sep 10, 2025
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