- - Spade et al., briefly
- - 23 Across et al.
- - Columbo, Spade, and others
- - Lt. Columbo et al.
- - 31 Across et al.
- - Barnaby Jones et al.
- - Private eyes, informally
- - Spade and Marlowe, e.g.
- - Gumshoes, informally
- - Sleuths, in old slang
- - They're on the case, in slang
- - Clue collectors, for short
- - People on the case, for short
- - PIs, slangily
- - Crime fiction characters
- - Investigators, for short
- - Private eyes, in slang
- - Sleuths
- - Nero Wolfe and Sam Spade, briefly
- - Slag for sleuths
- - Gumshoes, in old crime fiction
- - Sleuths, slangily
- - Private eyes, for short
- - Paretsky's Warshawski and Grafton's Millhone, briefly
- - Hammett characters
- - P.I.'s
- - Many pulp heroes, in slang
- - Sleuths, in slang
- - Hammer or Spade types
- - Case workers, briefly
- - Pulp heroes, often
- - Film-noir heroes
- - Shadows, briefly
- - Professional snoops
- - Private investigators, for short
- - Shamuses
- - Spade and Marlowe, briefly
- - Investigating cops
- - Hired sleuths, slangily
- - Private eyes, slangily
- - Clue hunters, slangily
- - PI's
- - Hawkshaws
- - Investigators, slangily
- - Clue finders
- - British gumshoes
- - Soho sleuths
- - Sherlocks, for short
- - Whodunit V.I.P.'s
- - Business records: Abbr.
- - Plain-clothes men: Slang.
- - Sleuths, for short
- - Gumshoes, for short
- - Sleuths, briefly
- - Dicks
- - Shadows
- - Gumshoes.
- - Private eyes
- - Spade and Hammer
- - "...... Flux" (Charlize Theron movie)
- - noir sleuths
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