Author Paton
The crossword clue "Author Paton" is answered by ALAN, a 4-letter entry. Used 34 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
ALAN
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the ALAN answer page.
Used 34 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1954. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for ALAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by ALAN, most used first.
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- Actor Alda - used 116 times, most recently in 2026
- Economist Greenspan - used 80 times, most recently in 2025
- King of comedy - used 68 times, most recently in 2025
- Actor Rickman - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
- Mathematician Turing - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
- Alda of "M*A*S*H" - used 54 times, most recently in 2025
- Arkin of "Argo" - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Country singer Jackson - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
- Actor Arkin - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- Shepard in space - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
- Chester ___ Arthur. - used 33 times, most recently in 2018
- Arkin or Alda - used 32 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.
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