Answer: MOTIVE
MOTIVE is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted over 20 times. There are related answers (shown below). Try defining MOTIVE with Google.
Referring crossword puzzle clues
- Purpose
- Reason
- Driving force
- Rationale
- Incentive
- Whodunit plot element
- Inducement
- Whodunit element
- Whodunit component
- Accompanier of means and opportunity
- Reason for action
- Claim in court
- Whodunit why
- Reasoning behind a crime
- Reason for doing something
- Mystery element
- Criminal's reason
- Why someone may commit a crime
- Whodunit's why
- Whodunit reason
- Whodunit necessity
- Trial attorney's concern
- Stimulus or goal
- Sleuth's object
- Revenge or greed, perhaps
- Reason for a crime
- Purpose — incentive
- Part of a detective's theory
- Mystery-plot element
- Murder mystery necessity
- It gives purpose and direction
- Issue in a murder trial
- Incitement to do something
- Greed or revenge, perhaps
- Envy, anger or greed, maybe
- Detective's determination
- Criminal's 'why'
- Concern for Poirot
- Compelling need
- Columbo's concern
- Cause for actions
- Cause for a crime
- Aspect of a crime investigation
Likely related crossword puzzle answers
Recent usage in crossword puzzles:
- Evening Standard - Oct. 7, 2024
- Evening Standard - March 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - Feb. 26, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - Feb. 7, 2024
- Evening Standard - Jan. 16, 2024
- Evening Standard - Nov. 1, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - July 20, 2023
- The Guardian Quick - Nov. 15, 2022
- USA Today - Nov. 8, 2022
- Evening Standard - Sept. 22, 2022
- The Guardian Quick - July 12, 2022
- Universal Crossword - April 2, 2022
- Newsday - Oct. 1, 2021
- Newsday - Sept. 23, 2021
- USA Today - April 5, 2021
- Washington Post Sunday Magazine - Feb. 28, 2021
- The Guardian Quick - Dec. 12, 2020
- USA Today - Nov. 26, 2020
- Penny Dell - June 24, 2020
- WSJ Daily - April 11, 2020
