Fictional sleuth
The crossword clue "Fictional sleuth" is answered by CHAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
CHAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the CHAN answer page.
Used 13 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2006; first recorded in 1950. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- SAMSPADE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for CHAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by CHAN, most used first.
- Jackie of "Rush Hour" - used 17 times, most recently in 2025
- Detective Charlie - used 15 times, most recently in 2015
- Sleuth Charlie - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
- "Rush Hour" star - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Action star Jackie - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Derr Biggers hero - used 8 times, most recently in 1992
- Oland role - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
- "Rush Hour" co-star Jackie - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- "Rush Hour" star Jackie - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Charlie ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 1999
- Biggers' sleuth - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
- Fictional detective - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Gemma of "Crazy Rich Asians" - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Sleuth Wolfe - NERO, used 68 times
- Fictional plantation - TARA, used 65 times
- Fictional Jane - EYRE, used 47 times
- Fictional sleuth Wolfe - NERO, used 37 times
- Marquand sleuth - MOTO, used 36 times
- Fictional governess - EYRE, used 28 times
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