Answer:

hunch

Answer	Crossword Clue
HUNCH	Guess
HUNCH	Feeling
HUNCH	Feeling for Columbo

HUNCH	Detective's sixth sense
HUNCH	Gut feeling
HUNCH	Have bad posture
HUNCH	Funny feeling
HUNCH	Intuitive feeling
HUNCH	Guess based on a feeling
HUNCH	Premonition
HUNCH	Cop's conjecture

HUNCH	Intuition
HUNCH	Nagging feeling
HUNCH	Nagging suspicion
HUNCH	Sneaking suspicion
HUNCH	Detective's stimulus, often
HUNCH	A premonition.
HUNCH	Premonition: Colloq.
HUNCH	Intuitive feeling: Colloq.

HUNCH	Vague feeling.
HUNCH	Feeling: Colloq.
HUNCH	Basis of some bets
HUNCH	Conjecture
HUNCH	Suspicion; guess
HUNCH	Inkling
HUNCH	Suspicion

Crossword

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