Answer:

DASHIELLHAMMETT

Answer	Crossword Clue
DASHIELLHAMMETT	Creator of Nick Charles
DASHIELLHAMMETT	"The Thin Man" author
DASHIELLHAMMETT	Writer who created Asta

DASHIELLHAMMETT	"The Maltese Falcon" author
DASHIELLHAMMETT	Author who created Sam Spade
DASHIELLHAMMETT	Sam Spade's creator
DASHIELLHAMMETT	The Charles' creator
DASHIELLHAMMETT	Creator of "The Thin Man."
DASHIELLHAMMETT	"Big Knockover" author
DASHIELLHAMMETT	The Thin Man's creator
DASHIELLHAMMETT	"The Glass Key"

DASHIELLHAMMETT	Name in detective fiction
DASHIELLHAMMETT	"Hard-boiled" writer
DASHIELLHAMMETT	"The Maltese Falcon" novelist
DASHIELLHAMMETT	"The Maltese Falcon" writer
DASHIELLHAMMETT	Writer Samuel ..

Crossword

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