Detective's breadcrumb — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the June 27 2025 Daily Themed Crossword. The answer is below, with its letter count.
The answer
CLUE
4 letters
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Where this clue appears
June 27 2025
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword June 27 2025
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Mystery film starring Tim Curry, set largely in a single location where party guests are stranded in a spooky mansion
CLUE
4
Stray hair on a carpet, to a detective
CLUE
4
Murder mystery board game where players use hints to unmask the killer among suspects like Professor Plum and Mrs. White, released in 1949
CLUE
4
You're reading one
CLUE
4
"Give me a ___!" ("I need a hint!")
CLUE
4
What is helping you find each word on this crossword
CLUE
4
Detective's essential lead to solving mysteries
CLUE
4
Detective's case-solving aid
CLUE
4
Crossword-solving need
CLUE
4
Helpful hint like this one that is derived from the Middle English word "clew," meaning "a ball of yarn"
CLUE
4
1985 film starring Tim Curry that is based on a murder mystery board game of the same name
CLUE
4
What this particular line is
CLUE
4
Baseball headwear
CAP
3
"A Nightmare on ___ Street" (horror movie)
ELM
3
Messy hog haven
STY
3
First ___ (medical assistance)
AID
3
"The Matrix" hero whose name is an anagram of "one"
NEO
3
Apple or key lime dessert
PIE
3
Dumpster fill
TRASH
5
Soda container
CAN
3
Load-bearing "stubborn" animal
ASS
3
Guinea ___, rodent species that is misleadingly named after a farm slop-eater
PIG
3
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