Famous fabulist

The answer

AESOP

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

Used 18 times across 14 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1981. It appears in 10 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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• ADE (1 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
• 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 creator - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• 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

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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.

• Famous - NOTED, used 130 times
• "Famous Potatoes" state - IDAHO, used 22 times
• Name on a famous B-29 - ENOLA, used 16 times
• Famous person, for short - CELEB, used 15 times
• Famous Ford flop - EDSEL, used 14 times
• Famous - KNOWN, used 13 times

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