Sleuth, in hard-boiled fiction Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% SHAMUS Sleuth, in hard-boiled fiction (6) Wall Street Journal Jun 29, 2024
7% NOIR Hard-boiled genre (4) USA Today Aug 10, 2025
6% ALEX Patterson sleuth (4) Newsday Aug 15, 2025
6% STEWED Boiled (6) Puzzler Backwords Jul 9, 2025
6% TEC Gumshoe, in hard-boiled fiction (3) Wall Street Journal Dec 21, 2024
6% HAMMER Hard-boiled sleuth Mike (6) LA Times Daily Jul 24, 2020
6% GUMSHOE Protagonist in hard-boiled fiction (7)
6% NOIRISH Reminiscent of hard-boiled fiction (7) Newsday Sep 17, 2017
6% GAT Protector in hard-boiled fiction (3) Newsday Jul 11, 2015
6% CRIMENOVEL Piece of hard-boiled fiction (10)

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