Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GUMSHOE Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction (7)
3% PAUL "Dune" protagonist (4) Wall Street Journal Nov 8, 2025
3% MAL "Firefly" protagonist (3) TV Nov 2, 2025
3% EMMA Austen protagonist (4) Newsday Oct 3, 2025
3% KEDGEREE Hard-boiled eggs and fish dish (8) (8) The Guardian Quick Sep 11, 2025
3% HERO Protagonist (4) Commuter Sep 8, 2025
3% NOIR Hard-boiled genre (4) USA Today Aug 10, 2025
3% TEC Gumshoe, in hard-boiled fiction (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 21, 2024
3% SHAMUS Sleuth, in hard-boiled fiction (6) Wall Street Journal Jun 29, 2024
3% NOIRISH Reminiscent of hard-boiled fiction (7) Newsday Sep 17, 2017
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