New books with leading detective - this may be qualified as "noir" (5) Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% PINOT New books with leading detective - this may be qualified as "noir" (5) (5) The Guardian Cryptic Sep 24, 2024
6% BETE ___ noire (4) Wall Street Journal Sep 27, 2025
6% IFS Qualifiers (3) Wall Street Journal Aug 20, 2025
6% CLUE Detective's lead (4) (4) Puzzler Aug 15, 2025
6% FEDORA Hat for a film noir detective (6) USA Today Jul 1, 2025
5% CASE Job for a detective (4) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
5% DOGCOLLAR One may be given a lead to follow arrest (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 16, 2025
5% IMHO Text qualifier (4) Universal Oct 14, 2025
5% ABLE Well-qualified (4) Newsday Oct 1, 2025
5% ALIBI Detective story? (5) LA Times Daily Oct 1, 2025

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