NOUN: "a detective story" Crossword Clue

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NOUN: "a detective story" Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DETECTIVE (noun)
1. a police officer who investigates crimes
2. an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
NOUN (noun)
1. a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action
2. the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition

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