Writer St. John

The answer

ADELA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ADELA answer page.

Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2004; first recorded in 1955. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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• ERVINE (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for ADELA

Every other clue in this collection answered by ADELA, most used first.

• Writer ___ Rogers St. Johns - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• ___ Rogers St. Johns - used 46 times, most recently in 2008
• Journalist ___ Rogers St. Johns - used 37 times, most recently in 2025
• Girl's name. - used 28 times, most recently in 1969
• "A Passage to India" heroine - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• Writer St. Johns - used 18 times, most recently in 2000
• Author __ Rogers St. Johns - used 14 times, most recently in 2021
• "A Passage to India" woman - used 13 times, most recently in 2019
• Author St. Johns - used 13 times, most recently in 2016
• Ms. Rogers St. Johns - used 12 times, most recently in 2008
• "A Passage to India" character - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• Daughter of William the Conqueror - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• Miss St. Johns - used 8 times, most recently in 1976
• Journalist St. Johns - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Quested in "A Passage to India" - used 6 times, most recently in 2014

Related clues

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• Writer Jong - ERICA, used 137 times
• Singer John - ELTON, used 103 times
• Rocker John - ELTON, used 78 times
• Writer Calvino - ITALO, used 77 times
• Writer Zola - EMILE, used 74 times
• "John Brown's Body" poet - BENET, used 54 times

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