US author of hard-boiled detective novels including The Maltese Falcon (1930) Crossword Clue

Here is the answer for the crossword clue US author of hard-boiled detective novels including The Maltese Falcon (1930) . 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 15 letters. We think the likely answer to this clue is DASHIELLHAMMETT.

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% DASHIELLHAMMETT US author of hard-boiled detective novels including The Maltese Falcon (1930) (15)
8% SAM Detective Spade of "The Maltese Falcon" (3) LA Times Daily Mar 30, 2026
7% NOIR "The Maltese Falcon" genre (4) USA Today Mar 5, 2026
6% BOGIE Maltese Falcon guy's nickname (5) Newsday Feb 19, 2026
6% ASTOR Mary of "The Maltese Falcon" (5) TV Feb 1, 2026
6% SAMSPADE 'The Maltese Falcon' detective (8) New York Times Apr 28, 2020
5% SEETHE Boil (6) Newsday May 8, 2026
5% FLY Travel like Falcon or a falcon (3) USA Today Apr 23, 2026
5% STEWED Boiled (6) Puzzler Backwords Apr 23, 2026
5% TEAEGG Hard-boiled Chinese snack (6) New York Times Feb 1, 2026
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