| 100% | CLARICE | 7 | __ Starling, detective played by Jodie Foster |
| 68% | CLARICE | 7 | FBI agent Starling played by Jodie Foster in "The Silence of the Lambs" |
| 57% | DEDE | 4 | ___ Tate, character played by Jodie Foster who was mom to Fred in the 1991 film "Little Man Tate" |
| 52% | MOTO | 4 | Detective played by Lorre |
| 51% | MRMOTO | 6 | Detective played by Peter Lorre |
| 51% | SHERLOCK | 8 | Detective played by Benedict Cumberbatch |
| 50% | DREA | 4 | Detective played by Ellen Tamaki in Manifest |
| 49% | JOHNKELLY | 9 | Detective played by David Caruso in NYPD Blue |
| 49% | MISTYKNIGHT | 11 | Detective played by Simone Missick in "Luke Cage" |
| 49% | COLUMBO | 7 | Homicide detective played by Peter Falk |
| 49% | FOYLE | 5 | British detective played by Michael Kitchen |
| 49% | MONK | 4 | TV detective played by Tony Shalhoub |
| 49% | SAMSPADE | 8 | Fictional detective played by Humphrey Bogart |
| 48% | VILLANELLE | 10 | "Killing Eve" assassin played by Jodie Comer |
| 48% | MONK | 4 | Neurotic TV detective played by Tony Shalhoub |
| 48% | COLUMBO | 7 | Determined TV detective played by Peter Falk |
| 48% | VENTURA | 7 | The Ace detective played by Jim Carrey |
| 48% | ALEXCROSS | 9 | James Patterson detective played by Morgan Freeman |
| 47% | YALE | 4 | Connecticut Ivy League school attended by Jodie Foster |
| 47% | MONK | 4 | Obsessive-compulsive TV detective played by Tony Shalhoub |
| 47% | HARLEESANTOS | 12 | NYPD detective played by 29-Across: 2 wds. |
| 46% | POIROT | 6 | Belgian detective played by Ustinov, Welles, Finney and others |
| 46% | COLUMBO | 7 | Television detective played by Peter Falk from 1968-2003 |
| 46% | ROSA | 4 | ___ Diaz ("Brooklyn Nine-Nine" detective played by Stephanie Beatriz) |
| 46% | SHERLOCK | 8 | Detective played on TV by Benedict Cumberbatch |
| 45% | SHERLOCK | 8 | PBS "Masterpiece" series about a detective played by Benedict Cumberbatch |
| 45% | IRONSIDE | 8 | Robert T —, wheelchair-bound television detective played by Raymond Burr |
| 45% | VERONICAMARS | 12 | Title Southern California detective played by Kristen Bell (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JANETENNISON | 12 | "Prime Suspect" London detective played by Helen Mirren (2 wds.) |
| 45% | JOEWEST | 7 | Detective played by 30-Across on "The Flash" for nine seasons (2 wds.) |