"The ___ in the Rue Morgue," short story by Edgar Allan Poe which is also considered the first modern detective story Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue "The ___ in the Rue Morgue," short story by Edgar Allan Poe which is also considered the first modern detective story . 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 MURDERS.

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Crossword Answer For "The ___ in the Rue Morgue," short story by Edgar Allan Poe which is also considered the first modern detective story:

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MURDERS "The ___ in the Rue Morgue," short story by Edgar Allan Poe which is also considered the first modern detective story (7)
7% POE Short story writer Edgar Allan __ (3) LA Times Daily Oct 27, 2025
7% RUE "The Murders in the ___ Morgue" (short story by Edgar Allan Poe) (3)
6% ALIBI Detective story? (5) LA Times Daily Oct 1, 2025
6% TALE Edgar Allan Poe writing (4) New York Times Aug 19, 2025
6% MORGUE Rue in a Poe short story (6) Eugene Sheffer Jun 28, 2025
6% DUPIN Detective in Edgar Allan Poe's The Murders in the Rue Morgue (5) (5)
6% BLACKCAT Edgar Allan Poe story, with 'The' (8) New York Times Jan 13, 2023
6% GOLDBUG Edgar Allan Poe story, with "The" (7)
6% ELEONORA Autobiographical short story by Edgar Allan Poe (8)
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