Detective Often Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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	noun • an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods • an instrument used to make tracings • (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes • ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke
	23%	7		Detective who often outsmarts the criminals
	noun • any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
	23%	11		Dog often seen in detective stories
	noun • a detective who follows a trail • a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

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New York Times01 Mar 1996	Across 44
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