Answer: TEC
TEC is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 100 times.
- Shamus
- Gumshoe
- Private eye
- P.I.
- Sleuth, informally
- Private eye, for short
- Dick
- Pinkerton, e.g.
- P.I., e.g.
- Sleuth, for short
- Clue collector, slangily
- Investigator, slangily
- Case studier, slangily
- Clue hunter, informally
- Person with a magnifying glass, for short?
- Private eye, slangily
- Sherlock
- PI
- Gumshoe, for short
- Hammer or Spade, e.g.
- Gumshoe, briefly
- Private eye, briefly
- Spade, e.g., for short
- Sleuth, slangily
- Sam Spade type
- Sleuth, in slang
- V.I. Warshawski, e.g.
- Dick Tracy is one, briefly
- Magnum, e.g., briefly
- Spade, e.g., slangily
- Spade, e.g., briefly
- Pulp protagonist, perhaps
- Sam Spade, for one
- Private dick
- Gumshoe, slangily
- Short investigator
- Sleuth in pulp fiction
- Pulp fiction gumshoe
- Dick Tracy, e.g.
- Hammett's Spade, e.g.
- Short investigator?
- Slangy sleuth
- Sue Grafton's Kinsey Millhone, e.g.
- Common pulp protagonist
- Noir investigator
- Clue analyzer, in slang
- He works on a case-by-case basis
- Sleuth
- Sleuth (Sl.)
- Private investigator, in slang
- Private eye, informally
- Gumshoe or shamus
- Noir hero
- Sleuth, briefly
- Sam Spade, e.g., for short
- G-man
- Caper film narrator, often
- Sleuth, to Sayers
- Criminal investigator, for short
- Investigator, briefly
- Private investigator, in old slang
- Noir protagonist
- 20-Across, e.g., informally
- Old-time gumshoe
- Investigator, informally
- Sleuth, in old crime fiction
- Detective, informally
- Hi-___: shoe brand
- Columbo, famously (Abbr.)
- Detective, slangily
- Sleuth, in potboilers
- Columbo, for one
- M.Hammer or S.Holmes
- Sam Spade, e.g.
- D.Tracy, for one
- Lt. Columbo, e.g.
- Noir sleuth
- Frequent film noir protagonist
- Adulterer follower, in slang
- Sleuth's cohort
- Snooping pro
- Mike Hammer, for one
- Private eye, in old slang
- PI kin
- Investigator, in old film noir
- Hero of hard-boiled fiction
- Sleuth kin
- Clue seeker, briefly
- Old-time investigator
- Film noir stock character
- Chandler/Hammett hero
- P.I. kin
- PI or sleuth
- Solver with a set of clues, for short
- Sam Spade, e.g., informally
- TV's Jim Rockford, for one
- Private eye, in old lingo
- Private eye, quaintly
- Many a noir hero
- Hercule Poirot, e.g., for short