Clue for a detective — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 4–letter crossword clue “Clue for a detective”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 7th Dec 2018. You can reveal the answer at your pace — one letter at a time or the whole word in one go. We also provide helpful extras where available: an AI-generated hint, a dictionary definition, other clues that share the same answer, and a jumbled-letters view for quick anagramming.
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The answer to “Clue for a detective” is LEAD (4 letters).
We last saw “Clue for a detective” in NYT Crossword on 7th Dec 2018.
The 4-letter answer for “Clue for a detective” is LEAD.
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