Fictional Scotland Yard inspector featured in more than 20 novels by Elizabeth George, including 16-Across and 49-Across (2 wds.) Crossword Clue

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Fictional Scotland Yard inspector featured in more than 20 novels by Elizabeth George, including 16-Across and 49-Across (2 wds.) Crossword Answer

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Hint 1: Clue Definitions

FICTIONAL (adjective)
1. formed or conceived by the imagination
INSPECTOR (noun)
1. an investigator who observes carefully
2. a high ranking police officer

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Across

1. "Diana" singer Paul

5. Weather Channel graphic

8. "The Mystery at ___ Inn" (Nancy Drew novel)

13. Water under a drawbridge

14. Actress de Armas of "Knives Out"

15. "Look ___ Twenty-Five" (2018 installment of Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series)

16. 1989 novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (3 wds.)

19. Cinemax rival, for short

20. "For the Sake of ___" (Elizabeth George novel featuring 32-Across)

21. SSW's directional opposite

22. "Have you ___ wool?" ("Baa Baa Black Sheep" query)

23. Cable network that airs reruns of "The Big Bang Theory"

26. "Blueberries for ___" (Caldecott Honor Book by Robert McCloskey)

28. Amaze

35. Sad

36. "To Kill a Mockingbird" novelist Harper

37. Appear on TV

38. "___ Away Home" (Jennifer Weiner novel)

40. Physician's group (Abbr.)

43. "Golly!" (2 wds.)

46. Air traffic control group (Abbr.)

49. 2013 novel in Elizabeth George's mystery series featuring 32-Across (4 wds.)

53. Film star

54. "Blessed __ the meek"

55. Peas, for some shooters

56. German river valley known for Riesling wine

57. "As ___ your instructions"

58. Like the diving-board end of a pool

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Down

1. Cargo on a band's tour bus

2. "The Pitt" actor Wyle

3. Boxer's bout-ending blow

4. Dispenser of 20s

5. Masculine

6. First chip in the poker pot

7. "Regarding the ___ of Others" (Susan Sontag book on photography)

8. Scientist's workplace

9. Under the weather

10. C.S. Lewis's "The ___, the Witch and the Wardrobe"

11. Stratford-upon-___ (William Shakespeare's birthplace)

12. Formally surrender, as territory

17. Dusk, in poems

18. Smartly dressed

22. Hawaiian 'hello'

24. ___ Appétit (foodie magazine)

25. Tom Hanks film subtitled "Miracle on the Hudson"

26. "The Simpsons" disco guy

27. Philip ___, first Korean-American film actor with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star

28. Dangerous Egyptian snake

29. Cunning

30. Formerly known as, in an alumna's bio

31. Blonde's secret, maybe

33. ___ tai (rum cocktail)

34. Cook's garment

38. "___ Pitch" (Nick Hornby memoir about his obsession with football)

39. Floral necklace presented while saying 22-Down, perhaps

40. Not quite closed

41. "The Man Who Knew Too ___" (James Stewart/Doris Day film)

42. Italian wine region

44. Messy pile

45. Sommersby actor Richard

46. TV musical series starring Debbie Allen

47. Cartoon coyote's mail-order company

48. Perching on

50. Whole lot (of)

51. Miner's discovery

52. Young boy

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