Private eye
The crossword clue "Private eye" is answered by SHAMUS, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHAMUS
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAMUS answer page.
Used 12 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2011; first recorded in 1952. It appears in 6 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.
- OPERATIVE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for SHAMUS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHAMUS, most used first.
- Gumshoe - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
Related clues
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- Part of the eye - RETINA, used 34 times
- Sees eye to eye - AGREES, used 25 times
- Eye-related - OCULAR, used 23 times
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