'The Big Sleep' detective Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue 'The Big Sleep' detective . 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 MARLOWE.

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40 Potential Answers:

RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% MARLOWE 'The Big Sleep' detective (7)
8% RESTUP Get plenty of sleep before a big event (6) LA Times Daily Oct 13, 2025
8% NOIR Genre of "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Big Sleep" (4) New York Times Aug 1, 2025
7% CASE Job for a detective (4) Commuter Oct 17, 2025
7% BED Sleeping furniture (3) Commuter Oct 13, 2025
7% NAP Sleep briefly (3) Puzzler Backwords Oct 7, 2025
7% LARGE Big (5) The Times Concise Oct 7, 2025
7% AMBIEN Prescription sleep aid (6) USA Today Oct 5, 2025
7% LATESTART Result of sleeping in, say (9) New York Times Oct 4, 2025
7% ALIBI Detective story? (5) LA Times Daily Oct 1, 2025
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