Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% GUMSHOE Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction (7)
3% NEO "The Matrix" protagonist (3)
3% NOIR Hard-boiled genre (4) USA Today Mar 24, 2026
3% HOT Boiling (3) New York Times Midi Mar 17, 2026
3% ROARK "The Fountainhead" protagonist (5) New York Times Mar 15, 2026
3% EGGCUP Encourage trophy for the hard-boiled? (3-3) (6) Puzzler Cryptic Mar 7, 2026
3% RILED About to boil (5) Newsday Mar 7, 2026
3% TEAEGG Hard-boiled Chinese snack (6) New York Times Feb 1, 2026
3% HERO Protagonist (4) Commuter Jan 29, 2026
3% TEC Gumshoe, in hard-boiled fiction (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 21, 2024
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