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| 99% | 8 | DASHIELL | Exact Match! | |||||
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| 36% | 7 | Surname of a famous detective fiction writer | ||||||
noun • United States writer of hard-boiled detective fiction (1894-1961) | ||||||||
| 33% | 5 | Fictional detective created by Dashiell Hammett | ||||||
noun • United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930) • United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900) • United States golfer (1902-1971) • American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792) • one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652) • English phonetician (1881-1967) | ||||||||
Writer Hammett Crossword Clue
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Updated: October 10, 2023
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| New York Times14 Aug 1988 | Across 52 | DASHIELL |
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