First name in modern crime fiction Crossword Clue

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First name in modern crime fiction Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FICTION (noun)
1. a deliberately false or improbable account
2. a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact
MODERN (adjective)
1. relating to a recently developed fashion or style
2. used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
MODERN (noun)
1. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
2. a contemporary person

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More New Yorker Crossword (11/18/2024) Answers

Across

1. Make out, crudely

9. Variety of domesticated cat

15. Descendant’s claim

16. Variety of wild cat

17. Prestigious

18. The Governator, playfully

19. Carried away

20. Dalmatian, e.g.

21. Mountain-climber targets

24. Approaches

26. Surpass

29. Evidence of an underground network

31. Chance at a dress for less

32. One sitting in neutral

33. “El ___ en los Tiempos del Cólera” (1985 novel)

34. Summary letters

35. Classes

36. Warner Bros. Discovery station

37. Traces

38. Inflammation, of a sort

39. Sporting blades

40. Familiar, in a way

41. Some casual wear

42. “Do continue”

44. Key to exit, maybe

45. Grammy-winning country singer whose greatest-hits album is titled “Songs from an Aging Sex Bomb”

46. “Cover Your Cough,” e.g.

47. Post on X, once

49. “Sea Change” musician

51. Overflow

53. Rock-paper-scissors, by another name

57. Orbiter that might support broadband, for short

58. Conducting traffic?

59. Declines

60. Calendar of Saints listing

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1. '___-Hulk: Attorney at Law'

2. Craven man of horror?

3. Skill

4. Coastal structure

5. The Titanic and the Carpathia, for two

6. Spoil

7. "So they tell me"

8. Hypocorism for Thaddeus

9. Half-pipe hot shot, perhaps

10. Amazon’s Dot and Spot

11. 99 Luftballons singer

12. Feature of “Hawaiʻi”

13. It was once represented by a yellow running figure

14. Corporate abbr.

20. Snoozefest

21. Stir up

22. Gown parts

23. Certain removal procedure

25. Men of Murcia

27. They’re seasoned

28. Public face

30. Avril Lavigne’s “___ to Never Growing Up”

37. Pulls aggressively

39. Decided one would

43. Afternoon time-out

45. “S.N.L.” actor Thompson

48. Coward

50. Small racing vehicle

51. Cooling installations: Abbr.

52. Camp accessory?

53. Battle of Britain grp.

54. Mediocre, slangily

55. Sheep's bleat

56. Erstwhile beer brand named for Washington’s capital, briefly

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