Ruth Rendell's first English detective Crossword Clue

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Here is the answer for the crossword clue Ruth Rendell's first English detective last seen in Telegraph Cryptic puzzle. 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 7 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is REMORSE.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% REMORSE Ruth Rendell's first English detective (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Jul 13, 2015
7% DYINGTHEN 1971 novel by Ruth Rendell (5,4) (9)
6% GOING & 25A 1990 novel by Ruth Rendell (5,5) (5) Mirror Quiz Jul 7, 2025
5% CASEFILES Detective's records (9) USA Today Sep 12, 2025
5% FEDORAS Detectives' caps (7) TV Sep 7, 2025
5% EMIL Disney's "___ and the Detectives" (4)
5% NERO Wolfe of detective fiction (4) LA Times Daily Sep 1, 2025
5% CASE Job for a detective (4) Wall Street Journal Aug 25, 2025
5% SENSE Detect (5) Wall Street Journal Aug 23, 2025
5% THEBABE Ruth nickname (7) Wall Street Journal Aug 20, 2025

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