Sleuth, informally
The crossword clue "Sleuth, informally" is answered by TEC, a 3-letter entry. Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
TEC
3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the TEC answer page.
Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2019; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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Other clues for TEC
Every other clue in this collection answered by TEC, most used first.
- Gumshoe - used 169 times, most recently in 2026
- Private eye - used 52 times, most recently in 2025
- Sleuth - used 42 times, most recently in 2025
- Shamus - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- P.I. - used 26 times, most recently in 2025
- Private eye, slangily - used 19 times, most recently in 2018
- Dick - used 18 times, most recently in 2012
- Sleuth, for short - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
- Pulp fiction gumshoe - used 12 times, most recently in 2013
- Gumshoe, for short - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
- Sleuth, slangily - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
- Gumshoe, briefly - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
- Sleuth, in slang - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- PI - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Sleuth: Slang. - used 8 times, most recently in 1959
- Sleuth, in old slang - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Hawkshaw - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
- Old-time gumshoe - used 6 times, most recently in 2014
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.
- Up to, informally - TIL, used 127 times
- Physique, informally - BOD, used 38 times
- Sleuth Spade - SAM, used 36 times
- However, informally - THO, used 35 times
- Actor Cage, informally - NIC, used 21 times
- Industry, informally - BIZ, used 19 times
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