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Small fragment is missing lead for Lewis, TV detective (5)

Ross

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morse

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'tv detective' is the definition.
(Inspector Morse)

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(Other definitions for morse that I've seen before include "Kind of code" , "One who enjoyed solving code" , "Oxford detective" , "Code inventor, Samuel" , "TV inspector" .)

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