The Clue
Hercule Poirot lead (4 letter answer)
The Answer
CLUE
Tags
Notes
The answer CLUE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
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Hint
___ in (inform)
Inkling
Lead
Aid for Holmes
Aid to solution
Aid for Spade
Airhead's lack?
Answer's opposite
A ditz hasn't one
Element for a solution
Fingerprint, often
Guide for Holmes
Hawkshaw's aid
Hawkshaw's help
Help for a detective
Hint for Holmes
Holmes's need
Investigation aid
Lupin's need
Piece of evidence
Sleuth's need
Solving aid
This, for example
Tip-off
Tip for a tec
What this is
Whodunit item
Whodunit possibility
Colonel Mustard's game
Crime solver's aid
Detectives' board game
Footprint or fingerprint, say
Lipstick print, maybe
Shoe impression, maybe
Whodunit board game
It has nine rooms
Game with Colonel Mustard and Mrs. Peacock
Game with Miss Scarlet and Professor Plum
Word in many a Nancy Drew title
Definition
CLUE as a noun:
1. (hint, clue) = a slight indication
2. (clue, clew, cue) = evidence that helps to solve a problem
CLUE as a verb:
1. (clue, clew) = roll into a ball