100% | DETECTIVE | 9 | Sleuth, private investigator |
69% | SLEUTH | 6 | Private investigator |
69% | DETECTIVE | 9 | Private investigator |
68% | TEC | 3 | Private investigator, informally |
66% | CASE | 4 | Private investigator's job |
66% | TEC | 3 | Private investigator, in slang |
66% | DETECTIVEWORK | 13 | Private investigator's specialty |
66% | CASE | 4 | Private investigator's assignment |
66% | TECS | 4 | Private investigators, for short |
65% | TEC | 3 | Private investigator, in old slang |
63% | SHAFT | 5 | Private investigator played by Richard Roundtree |
63% | EXCOP | 5 | Many a private investigator |
63% | VERONICA | 8 | Ms. Mars, private investigator |
61% | ONACASE | 7 | Working, as a private investigator |
61% | CASE | 4 | Job for a private investigator |
59% | REACHER | 7 | Private investigator Jack created by the novelist Lee Child |
58% | SHAFT | 5 | Fictional private investigator played by Richard Roundtree |
58% | ANGELS | 6 | Female private investigators who worked for Charlie |
55% | REACHER | 7 | Lee Child private investigator Jack played by Tom Cruise |
52% | SARAPARETSKY | 12 | Mystery writer who created private investigator V.I. Warshawski (2 wds.) |
52% | DICKS | 5 | Private ___ (investigators) |
52% | TEC | 3 | A sleuth or private eye, for short |
51% | HONEYDONT | 9 | 2025 black comedy starring Margaret Qualley as a private investigator: 2 wds. |
48% | FALCON | 6 | "The Maltese ___," film noir by John Huston where Humphrey Bogart plays a private investigator |
48% | TAMALAJONES | 11 | "Castle" actress who plays private investigator Lana in the TV series "Rebel": 2 wds. |
48% | HARRYO | 6 | 1970s US television series that starred David Janssen as a San Diego private investigator |
47% | MIKEHAMMER | 10 | Private investigator created by Mickey Spillane played by 43-Across in the 1980s and 1990s (2 wds.) |
46% | VIWARSHAWSKI | 12 | Fictional private investigator featured in 19 novels, including 28-Across, by 40-Across (3 wds.) |
46% | EASYRAWLINS | 11 | Fictional war veteran and private investigator featured in 14 novels by 29-Across (2 wds.) |
46% | JACKTAYLOR | 10 | Mystery drama series set in Ireland starring Iain Glen as a private investigator (2 wds.) |