- - Sherlock, e.g.
- - Inspector Gadget, e.g.
- - Holmes, e.g.
- - Encyclopedia Brown, e.g.
- - Holmes or Colombo, e.g
- - Nancy Drew, e.g.
- - Miss Marple, e.g.
- - TV's Mannix or Monk, e.g.
- - Drew in books, e.g.?
- - Nero Wolfe, e.g.
- - Wolfe, for one
- - Mr. Moto, e.g.
- - Nero or Ellery
- - Nero or Hercule.
- - Detective let us out in front of hotel
- - One who follows a trail?
- - Detective finds the French hiding in ruined huts
- - Cardinal framed by floozy and hotel detective
- - he treats lust as a detective should
- - Detective's dodgy hustle
- - Film bloodhound
- - shut out by the french detective
- - Detective quiet about the French unit losing heart
- - shut in with the french detective
- - the french get shut out when he's looking for clues
- - Investigator in hustle corrupt
- - He investigates lush type, heartless criminal
- - Mystery figure
- - Mystery hero
- - Investigator (informal)
- - Easy Rawlins, for one
- - Detective, informally
- - Detective who follows a trail
- - Carry out an investigation
- - Private investigator
- - Poirot or Holmes
- - Clue follower
- - Sherlock say battered in hustle
- - Pro on a case
- - Investigator whacked in hustle
- - Detective (informal)
- - The last thing from Nevil Shute: novel made into film
- - One examining clues
- - Person working on a case-by-case basis
- - Gumshoe
- - Nancy Drew, for one
- - Hustle upset detective
- - Clue chaser
- - Detective in criminal hustle
- - Produced Hustle and Sherlock Holmes, for example
- - One investigates broken lute in case of Sherlock Holmes initially
- - Tony-winning play set at Andrew Wyke's country home
- - Pro tracker
- - Clue seeker
- - Holmes or Poirot
- - Mystery man?
- - Lead follower
- - Sherlock Holmes or Hercule Poirot
- - Movie with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier
- - Magnifying glass carrier
- - One may follow a lead
- - Wimsey, for one
- - Hammer or Spade
- - Sherlock Holmes, notably
- - Case cracker
- - Olivier-Caine film classic
- - One on a trail, perhaps
- - Drew in books?
- - Clue collector
- - Olivier/Caine mystery of 1972
- - Crime investigator
- - Magnifying glass carrier, stereotypically
- - Olivier/Caine mystery of '73
- - Magnifying glass carrier, maybe
- - Magnum or Spade
- - '72 Laurence Olivier mystery
- - Olivier-Caine movie: 1972
- - Caine-Olivier film
- - Olivier-Caine thriller
- - Olivier-Caine film
- - Sam Spade or Philo Vance
- - Clue man.
- - Sherlock.
- - Hawkshaw.
- - Hercule Poirot, for example.
- - Private detective
- - Bloodhound ......
- - 48-Across, for one
- - Whodunit hero
- - Whodunit character
- - Private eye
- - Dick
- - Detective
- - Tec
- - informal word for a detective
- - Poirot or Holmes, eg
- - detective ordered shuttle, lacking time
- - Methuselah repeatedly shelled out for professional solver
- - 1970 Anthony Shaffer play set in a Wiltshire manor house
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