Detective Pinkerton
The crossword clue "Detective Pinkerton" is answered by ALLAN, a 5-letter entry. Used 47 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALLAN
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALLAN answer page.
Used 47 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 11 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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