Detective's case-solving aid — Daily Themed Crossword Answer
This clue appeared in the October 1 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
October 1 2025
Daily
Daily Themed Crossword October 1 2025
CLUE
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
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
Detective's breadcrumb
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
Newborn in a crib
BABY
4
Prefix with "angle" for a three-sided figure
TRI
3
Shed some tears
CRY
3
"Ben-___" (1959 epic historical film starring Charlton Heston)
HUR
3
Australian hopper, informally
ROO
3
Fender bender result (rhymes with "bent")
DENT
4
"How about we order in ___ of heading out?" (lazy Sunday suggestion, perhaps)
INSTEAD
7
Charged particle
ION
3
Olympian goddess and wife of Zeus (anagram of "hare")
HERA
4
"The ___," show starring DC's speedster played by Grant Gustin who's a regular at the CC Jitters coffee shop
FLASH
5
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