Fable creator

The answer

AESOP

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

Used 6 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2010; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 2 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• LIAR (2 uses in xd)

Other clues for AESOP

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

• Man of morals - used 110 times, most recently in 2026
• Greek fabulist - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• Fable writer - used 44 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabulist - used 30 times, most recently in 2007
• Fabulous fabulist - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Source of ancient fables - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Ancient storyteller - used 18 times, most recently in 2020
• Famous fabulist - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Greek storyteller - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Ancient fabulist - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Greek fable writer - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Ancient fable teller - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Fable fellow - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Famed fabulist - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Man with morals - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Man of fables - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• "The Fox and the Grapes" storyteller - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabulous fellow? - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" storyteller - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" storyteller - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabled storyteller - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• He wrote of "sour grapes" - used 11 times, most recently in 2019
• "The Fox and the Grapes" author - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Belling the Cat" author - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Fabulous storyteller - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
• Fabulous writer? - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Greek writer of fables - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Man of many morals - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Noted fabulist - used 10 times, most recently in 2019
• Fable source - used 9 times, most recently in 2014
• Famed fable writer - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Moral man - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• Ancient moralist - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Famous font of fables - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Moral authority - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Tortoise and the Hare" author - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Fable author - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Fabulous guy? - used 7 times, most recently in 2012
• Greek moralist - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" fabulist - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Creator of many talking animals - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Fable man - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Fabled fable writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Fabled fabulist - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Famous fable writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Greek fable guy - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Legendary storyteller - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• "Sour grapes" storyteller - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Tale teller - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" author - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" writer - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Pooh's creator - MILNE, used 87 times
• Prufrock's creator - ELIOT, used 52 times
• Creator - MAKER, used 46 times
• Crusoe's creator - DEFOE, used 42 times
• Winnie-the-Pooh's creator - MILNE, used 34 times
• Nemo's creator - VERNE, used 32 times

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