"The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes — Crossword Clue
Stuck on the 5–letter crossword clue “"The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes”? This page covers its appearance in NYT Crossword on 6th June 2011. 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 “"The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes” is AFOOT (5 letters).
We last saw “"The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes” in NYT Crossword on 6th June 2011.
The 5-letter answer for “"The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes” is AFOOT.
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